Kdramaland Wednesday: Hair

Once you have seen it, you cannot unsee it. I remember when this happened in DP and my friend recently reminded me of it and I can never look at my poster the same way again!

My eyes! What have you done to my eyes?!

That's OK though. I still love my Kdramaland Ozzbandt (not to be confused with an actual husband) JHI

But this brings me to one of my obsessions: Kdrama hair.

Most recently, I saw a show that reminded me of the Goddess Braids look. It was What Comes After Love starring my girl from The Red Sleeve, Lee Se-young. I was eye-ing her hair and it looked oddly familiar.

Her ondulating brown hair giving emphasis to her downcast look in this photo.

Her hair is very different from the "Korean Look" that scholars have written about. From what I recall reading an article years ago, the look involves pale skin and bone-straight ebony-black hair. It's a look that does not come naturally to many Korean women, despite what the Kdramas show. It's a very sculpted look that involves a lot of product and blowdryers--perhaps even blow outs and relaxers-- to accomplish.

Not Lee See-young in this show. Her hair was loose and free, seemingly devoid of concerns around looking clean (which I think Japanese colonization exacerbated, traumatizing Koreans).

But I see similar hairstyle all the time

on Black ladies in the USA!

Hello, Goddess Braids!