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He formerly worked with SM for f(x)'s styling then JYP's GOT7 and now with iKON of YG.





What is the styling piece you're most satisfied with out of all you've done up until now?

In order to be chosen to work as a YG stylist, you have to bring one of your styling works and go into a sort of survival. A business team including Yang Hyun Suk then evaluates the pieces you bring and I got to stay after winning that competition. The styling coordination work I did then is what I'm most satisfied with. It's confidential so I'm not allowed to show it to you but it is definitely a piece of work that I put my all into.





After working with big companies like SM and JYP, in what aspect was YG different?

First off, entertainment companies generally let you work as a freelancer. However, you sign a contract to work as part of YG. I felt a sense of fellowship and thought, "YG is a company with a strong family bond." Another point I noticed was that generally to make a coordination or styling piece, I would have meetings with a team and consult with them before agreeing on the piece of work. In YG, I was allowed to freely do what style I chose to do. However, in change of the fact that you were allowed to reflect your style as you wanted 100%, their motto was that you had to bear with the outcome that comes with it as well.





To sum it up, you have worked with the big three companies in our country. Looking back on it, what are your thoughts?

JYP is very clear, neat, and comfortable; a company that's like a family. As for SM, I feel that they only take in experts and specialists so it's a company that makes you carry a professional mindset. YG is a company that allows me to freely express my artistic inclinations through fashion. All these companies have their own charms that will make you want to work with them.





Source: Instiz





[1] "Who is the Next Stylist?"





[2] "Please change Seungri's Korean stylist... how long is he going to keep wearing all-black with the same hair colour? Plus they make him wear clothes that aren't the right fit."





[3] "YG and his love for survivals..."





[4] "I'm actually all for this since their picking the stylist by their strongest points."





[5] "ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ Do you want us to send in our text votes for this too?"





[6] "As expected of YG, this is why I want to work there."





[7] "If it goes on like this, I won't be surprised if he holds a survival show for Yoojin's future husband. Who is Yang CEO's Son-In-Law?"





[8] "I don't think it's that bad of a method to pick their stylists."





[9] "I'd actually watch that if they showed that on TV... yeah it's cruel but it'll be fun to see the clothes they choose."





[10] "When iKON debuts, please pull up Jiwon's pants."





[11] "I think it's also because of those survivals that YG develops even more... if you watch Big Bang, Winner, or iKON from the first episode of their survivals to the last, you can really see the change and development they go through."





[12] "Did they also pick the cafeteria workers through a survival too? Is that why the food tastes so good?"





[13] "Make the female idols go through a survival too ㅎㅎㅎㅎㅎㅎ"





[14] "I think you have to make Big Bang's stylists go through another survival."





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