Kpop male idols wear corsets

Sharing with AYO TV, two designers Jo Min Jae and Jo Yeon Suk of DEM Project said that corsets or leather belts are gradually becoming familiar accessories for men.

In an interview with AYO TV, DEM Project – the design team including Jo Min Jae and Jo Yeon Suk – shared about the sexy outfits that male Kpop idols often wear in the past 2-3 years. The two designers specialize in leather apparel and sexy accessories. Jo Min Jae and Jo Yeon Suk have worked with many idol groups such as MONSTA X, WJSN, ASTRO, Nu’est, The Boyz, AB6IX… The common point of two-person outfits for groups is to use Use a lot of chokers, leather belts or small chains to wrap around your body. Among the groups that have collaborated, DEM Project thinks that the performance costume for ASTRO’s subunit MoonBin&Sanha is the project that the two people like the most in their careers. According to the two designers, they helped the two male singers show the most sexy points, but still suitable for television broadcast. These are the collarbone, the pelvis, and the ribs. During their unit promotions, Moon Bin and Sanha often wore crop-tops, low-cut tops, leather belts around their bodies, and tight pants. The costumes of the two male singers are considered sexy enough, helping to show off their body advantages such as 6-pack abs, collarbones or hourglass figures without violating the standards of television broadcasting. Jo Min Jae revealed that the belts were originally made of leather. But over time, designers have used many other materials instead, such as cotton, which makes the belt more comfortable and can become part of everyday wear instead of just acting. Accessories for a sexy outfit. Sharing about the process of working with male idols in Kpop, DEM Project said that there are many entertainment company directors who are quite conservative and refuse to outline their designs because they think leather belts or chains will feels too sexy. It took the two designers about 10 years to prove their competence and build a reputation in the field of designing performance costumes for male K-pop idols. MONSTA X is a group with a physical advantage, often wearing many costumes with sexy accessories designed by DEM Project. In addition, The Boyz, AB6IX or even Dispatch also trusted to order Jo Min Jae and Jo Yeon Suk’s costumes to take photos and shoot MVs. One of the boldest ideas the two designers ever came up with was for the leader of BTS to wear a corset. This is considered a way to close the gender gap in fashion. DEM Project predicts corsets for men will become a trend in the near future. “Today’s male idols have slim bodies like women,” the two shared.