For Your Viewing Pleasure: Dark Masculinity

Welcome back to another instalment of For Your Viewing Pleasure, where we take time out of the week to curate a set of photos from the K-pop landscape.

Brooding and hinting at a world unseen, this week’s curation of fashion picks is a journey through dark tones–black, to be specific. Black is certainly an elegant and chic color when it comes to clothes, but the cuts and eventual silhouette established can exude a more dominant masculinity. Bae In-hyuk and Park Seo-ham are upfront with his sleeveless black shirts and dynamic poses, revealing much of their built physiques in a brooding tone. The same goes for Jung Hae-in, but Park Shin-hye and Gong Min-jeung channel masculinity with poise and dark suits that widen their shoulders. On the other hand, Cho Jin-woong, Kim Hee-ae, and Lee Soo-kyung all dominate their shared shot, none paling in comparison to the other two when it comes to assertiveness.

(Images via Cosmopolitan, dazed, Harper’s Bazaar, HB Entertainment, Herald Pop, Marie Claire, J Wide Company)