People are selling socks (and stockings) everywhere in Korea. Everywhere. Every week it seems the sock guy outside of one of the train stations has a new shipment in of absurd looking socks. I wish I took pictures of all the different ones I saw throughout my time there, but I only decided to on this last trip back. They cost $.50-$1.00, are comfortable as hell, and if you are lucky I sent you a pair for Christmas in 2009.
It didn’t take long for me to walk around Seoul my first weekend here and notice couples wearing the exact same shirt, or a shirt which looked like it was made for one person, cut in half, and sewn to make two shirts.
These are known as “couple t’s.” No surprise, couples wear them to show their affection for one another. It’s common to see people walking around them on random days, but if you go to a place like an amusement park, they are going to be out in full force. I’m not sure if it’s to make it easier to find someone, or, to show off to the other people/couples there that you two are serious. Here’s some more couple t’s
People can also go the “couple jacket” route like you see below.
Or, you can go the couple OUTFIT route, where everything is the same.
There’s couple t stores which sell other stupid items like couple themed key chains, coffee mugs, etc. incase wearing a ridiculous t-shirt wasn’t enough. It’s pretty funny to see in person. I thought about getting it for some people as a wedding gift as a joke, but I passed.
Just a funny thing I noticed which is popular over here. That’s all.
By no means do I consider myself a big man, I'm 6 feet on a good day and probably a buck fifty when I step on a scale, so it's a little strange that someone like me is a little out of luck when shopping for clothes in Korea.
Here are some examples of the sizes of items in Korea and in one instance how they compare to items in America.....
XXL Sweatpants (Yes, extra extra large)
American medium vs. Korean medium
The biggest sandals I found at the store.....
Losing weight isn't even an option for most people, I can't make my limbs shorter. There are American clothing stores here if I was interested in picking items up from Nike or the Gap which are about 25% more expensive here than they are at home. Everything here is cheaper, even if it's imported from overseas, except for American clothing brands. Weird.
Either way, I'll have to get used to buying bigger sizes than I'm used to, or just being a tight warrior.
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