Korean Fashion: shopping, badonkadonk and shoes.

I don't really know how to even write about this. People here are always dressed up and looking their best. They are always checking themselves out, too, even the guys. Everyone looks great all the time and I feel as if I'm watching a fashion show 24/7!

Just a few highlights:

Shopping: There are numerous opportunities to spend your hard-earned Won in Korea. There are endless places to go shopping. There are malls everywhere. You can shop while you're waiting for the next subway. There are street vendors. There are underground shopping areas. There are beautiful department stores with 8 floors. There are markets with discounted clothing. In Seoul, every day is Black Friday.

Department stores:
Shinsegae Department Store: I could spend hours just walking around this department store. Plus, there's a Tiffany's, Coach and Burberry store inside (and a lot of other stores!).


Lotte Department Stores:

These are all over Korea. I work really close to one and sometimes after work, I go and people watch and go window shopping.




A big plus to these nice department stores: their amazing food courts. Many department stores have a huge grocery store on the very first floor and attached to the grocery stores are the food courts. Even the food courts are nice here and the food is always good! :)

Street vendors and underground shopping:

Markets




Heels:  Many people at home make fun of me because I tend to wear heels or wedges most of the time. Well, it doesn't even come close to the girls in Korea. They wear huge heels all the time! I'm always shocked at how they can run so fast so they won't miss the bus or the train in those HUGE heels. Props to them.

Baby got back: My height allows me to wear a lot of the dresses and skirts here but not the pants! I've tried on a few pants and jeans since I got here, and well, they won't go up around my butt! It's a good thing I brought a lot of pairs of jeans with me. Sir Mix-a-lot, please come sing your anthem here and help me out!
Speaking of butts, these padded undies are everywhere, too! I think it's funny that in the rest of the world, we try to hide it but here, some ladies want a little padding. :)

Shoes
My booty might not fit into the pants but my feet fit into the shoes! Finally....a place where I can find shoes. I don't really like shopping and I haven't liked shopping for a long time but Korea's shoes may change this for me. Finding size 5 shoes is hard to do but here they actually have small-sized shoes.  Usually, I'm stuck stuffing my shoes so they can fit or wearing granny-type shoes because they are the only ones that fit, but not here. They even fit my sister.  My sister has smaller feet than I do (mom calls her Cinderella):) and I sent her shoes as a Christmas gift and they fit perfectly!