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At Boulevardier, we are fascinated with the Kpop phenomenon that is starting to radiate on large Europeans communities. We asked Claire Solery, passionate follower of Korean culture, to tell us about
current star G-Dragon. Claire is the author of Out of Korea, where she shares visual and artistic observations from Korea, especially if they have a link with France. Contemporary art, photos, cinema and
Kpop are her main interests. She currently is in Seoul and you can follow her tumblr “One month in
Seoul” and on Twitter (Out_Of_Korea).
On June 28th during the men's fashion week in Paris, a mini hunt happened on Twitter. Photos of GDragon (aka GD), leader of South Korean boy band Big Bang, attending fashion shows of Rick
Owens, J. Juun and Yohji Yamamoto were posted on social networks. These attracted a handful
of young girls and very young women, motivated to get a glimpse of his pink hair in Paris.
G-Dragon, whose real name Kwon Jiyong, 23, is not known to 'people' authorities and fashion experts
but he has attracted the attention of a few online publications with his style. In Asia, he is one of the
most famous male personalities, one of the headliners in Kpop or Korean Pop, the current worldwide
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