Since One Direction disbanded in 2015, we've not really had any major British boy bands to look up to. Sure, Westlife might have regrouped earlier this year, but, well, you know... Instead, we're looking overseas to Korea.

BTS is undeniably the biggest boyband in the world right now. The K-pop heptet already has a score of collaborations with the likes of Ed Sheeran, Nicki Minaj and Halsey and has scooped up an array of awards, including the accolade for Top Group at the 2019 Billboard Music Awards, and have even taken home eleven Guinness World Records (one for ”Most Twitter Engagements”, previously held by Harry Styles).

Another thing they have secured (in our eyes anyway) is the award for being the best-dressed boyband in the world (even Kim Jones designed their tour garb earlier this year). Take, for instance, the band's three outings this week, in which the seven members (RM, Suga, J-Hope, Jin, Jimin, V, and Jungkook) schooled every other boyband member on how to dress (sorry, East 17, those matching white puffer jackets have been outdone).

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First up, BTS attended KIIS FM's Jingle Ball in California, with each member proving that, yes, you really can wear white post-Labor Day. And while they didn't go for matching looks, each member stuck to a monochrome colour palette, so collectively it was a success.

Then, there was the band's outing for the Mnet Asian Music Awards, where every member wore head-to-toe Celine, designed by Hedi Slimane. Each ditched suiting and favoured something a little more lax – double denim worn with a camo trench shouldn't work, but it does.

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And BTS finished the week on a high note. Attending Variety's Hitmakers Brunch at Soho House in Hollywood, the band opted for another Parisian design house, this time sporting, rather suitably, Saint Laurent. A brand storied for its affiliations with musicians (Yves Saint Laurent himself cast androgynous singer Grace Jones in his shows and, famously, Mick and Bianca Jagger), BTS decked themselves out in Anthony Vaccarello's rock'n'roll suiting. RM, V and Jungkook went down the all-black route, while the rest mixed things up in crystal-embellished suiting.

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The thing that BTS gets so right is that they coordinate their outfits perfectly, something that, dare we say it, One Direction never did. 1D, if you do plan on reuniting, as Liam Payne suggested this week, take note, please.

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