I'm guessing there's a lot of antiperspirant under that coat! All images: Instagram/BigBangMusic.info
I’m about to let you in on a not-so-little secret. My beloved boss is batty for T.O.P-slash-Choi Seunghyun – an insightful peek into her psyche that’s endlessly amusing to me.
In any case, said boss must be kicking herself in her fabulous foot for having missed a chance to get up close and personal with her unusual choice of idol. You see, T.O.P just happened to be in town when she was out of it (in Seoul, no less; the irony!)
The whys and wherefores of the Big Bang bad boy’s 24-hour sojourn to Singapore? Quite the intense itinerary, from the looks of it: An early morning photoshoot at the posh Raffles Hotel; a surreptitious swing-by at hipster hangout Singapore Tyler Print Institute; “topped” off by a swanky soiree at the ArtScience Museum come dusk. Damn, I’m exhausted just listing them down.
That’s all well and good, but let’s just cut to the crucial bit: What was T.O.P’s #OOTDSg? Now, quick caveat: When it comes to these K-Pop stars, critiquing their sartorial choices is par for the course. All of which is to say, no hate-mail, okay?
Right, then. I’ve done the roving reporter cold-calling thing, so I regret to say there’s no intel on the provenance of T.O.P’s Singapore ensemble. Actually, make that ensembles in the plural – the rakish rapper was in full-on fashionista mode. (Fashion folks out there, any help in ID-ing “who” he’s wearing will be much appreciated!)
To wit, his day look was uh, shall we say, incredibly season-appropriate for Siberia – but oh so salah for Singapore’s stifling heat. To be sure, the Matrix-style peacoat-trench hybrid is quite the head-turner, but layering it over a black turtleneck on a dog-day afternoon? These K-Pop troopers must be cut from a different cloth, so to speak – that, or T.O.P’s sweat glands are non-functional.
For night, the heat-proof hunk switched things up by swapping his toasty threads for … another scorching suit. I’m digging the top-to-toe (or is that T.O.P-to-toe) houndstooth print, but was it really necessary to pair his blazer with what looks to be the same itch-inducing turtleneck from his daytime outing?
Actually, you know what? My fashion-obsessed boss’s love for T.O.P is beginning to make some modicum of sense now – must be the superstar’s single-minded dedication to style, no matter the weather. Cheers to black sweaters in Singapore!
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