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[skygiants]

Se Gi so far is cleaning up this competition with his wonderful suits! Episode 2's winning outfit was ALL THE PINSTRIPES.



I think I would really like to meet the person in charge of Se Gi's wardrobe. Actually I think I would like to work for the person in charge of Se Gi's wardrobe.

However we also have some pretty fabulous suits coming up next episode!


1.

Let us begin again with Se Gi, who never disappoints. This episode he appears to be doing his best impression of Carmen Sandiego. (I will be really sad, I think, if I ever see Se Gi in a standard black or gray suit. It will feel like a light has gone out of the world.)

2.

Also going for the monochrome look: Woo Wan, fully kitted out in dramatic emo black for that dark and dangerous air. The jaunty polka-dotted ascot draped suavely around his neck adds, I think, the perfect finishing touch.



3.

When placed up against the black-on-black, this relatively sedate gray-and-purple affair that Woo Wan puts on later can't really compete . . .

Until you add BRIGHT RED boxing gloves.



The best part is how they clash with his pocket handkerchief. (Though he loses a few points for not actually boxing in a fedora.)

4.

Moving away from suits for a moment, Cha Song Joo has a pretty awesomely epic hanbok today. These are not two colors that I would necessarily think to pair together. But some costume designer looked at these two fabrics and said, 'you know what, she can make it work.' And they were right!

When you look at it in close-up, the fabric is just really pretty, too. I love the little accents of silver.



5.

This dress proably would not sound all that noteworthy when described . . . but man, just look how Cha Song Joo is rocking it.



It's also a great outfit for pwning your interrogators.





I'm including this picture not just for the view of how epic Cha Song Joo's hair looks from the back (although partly this), and not just for the longing looks of star-crossed doomed love between two master manipulators (although also partly this), but also because it's the first time I noticed Lee Soo Hyeon's pink tie.



It's a nice tie, but even then I didn't think all that much of it, until I looked at his outfit the next day and realized that accompanying his sober business suit was an even more awesome pink tie.



The thing is, in a show full of fabulous costumes, Lee Soo Hyeon's nice quiet respectable suits are never going to stand out. He will never get to be a spectacular fashion plate like Woo Wan or Se Gi; even Na Yeo Kyeung gets to dress up more than he does. But, you know, he's trying! As much as he can within the confines of serious professional attire, he is asserting his support for Capital Scandal's commitment to fantastic men's fashion. I think I have to give him an honorable mention for effort, even though he will probably never make a Top Five. And also keep an eye out for more of his pink ties to see if this continues to be a theme.

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Comments

[meredyd.livejournal.com]

Okay, that settles it. Where can I download hardsubs of this glorious show?

[skygiants]

Alas, I only know where to get softsubs! I can give you that link when I get home, though.

[meredyd.livejournal.com]

\o/ Thanks!

[skygiants]

YOU ARE WELCOME. >:D I always like sucking in more people sharing the joy that is this show!

[skygiants]

So, belatedly: you can download the episodes here and get the subs from here.

ENJOY! :D

[meredyd.livejournal.com]

Yaaaaay! <3

[arefadedaway.livejournal.com]

I don't watch this show (although after looking at this picspam I seriously think I should), but I voted for Carmen Sandiego ON PRINCIPLE. <3

[skygiants]

Personally I feel everyone should watch this show, but I am biased. >.> (Only 16 episodes, and completed! . . . admittedly they are hourlong Korean episodes, but.)

[rahkan.livejournal.com]

Wow, this ongoing series of posts has never failed to arouse in me the intensest amazement...when, exactly, did people in Korea dress like this? It's like a bunch of flappers (and...man-flappers...) couldn't decide what to wear, so they decided to drop acid and let it all sort itself out.

[skygiants]

Honestly I think that when the costume designers realized that the actress who plays Cha Song Joo would look good in anything from electric zebra-print to a potato sack they became overwhelmed with ideas and bought up ALL THE FABRIC in Seoul. And then realized that they couldn't use it all just on Cha Song Joo's costumes, which is why they invented Se Gi, whose only real purpose in the narrative is to wear AMAZING THINGS and occasionally strip.

[innerbrat]

...and be God.

[skygiants]

Well, yes, but that's a spoiler!

[innerbrat]

So is "Cha Song Joo is the most awesome person in the history of awesome."

[skygiants]

Um, that is not a spoiler, that is just self-evident fact.

[innerbrat]

I think "she's regularly awesome" is a self evident fact, but the true extent of her awesome is not revealed until a couple episodes in.

[skygiants]

Okay, fair point. And I did kind of just flat-out spoil "CHA SONG JOO IS AWESOME WITH GUNS" in my first one of these posts. Oh well, I regret nothing!

[zumie-ashlen.livejournal.com]

I had to go with the boxing. It was too cracktastic not to.

But I freaking LOVE the hanboks. So pretty! It was my honestly 'that is very beautiful' favorite.

[skygiants]

It is SO PRETTY. I could stare at that fabric forever and a day. (I always have to limit myself on posting hanboks, because there are a ton of extras just walking around wearing gorgeous ones every episode; it's hard to pick favorites!)

[zumie-ashlen.livejournal.com]

There are some really pretty ones in Sungkyunkwan Scandal. I am all 8. at them.

[skygiants]

Sungkyunwan Scandal is totally next on my list of things to watch when I have time to settle in for kdrama marathoning. I cannot possibly resist the crossdressing.

[aamalie]

Man, I wanted to vote for the boxing gloves, but Se Gi is just too fantastic.

Now that I'm on break, I'm massively, massively tempted to download everything and give this show another rewatch, ahhhh! *____*

[skygiants]

You know, I don't think I properly appreciated Se Gi until I started doing these posts? Now, every time, I am just like "SE GI, HOW ARE YOU SECRETLY THE BEST."

It's so worth it! *___*

[dramaturgca.livejournal.com]

I voted Carmen Sandiego, but really, I was voting for the thing with the triangles and bow tie standing next to him...

[skygiants]

The only reason that the triangle suit didn't make the list is because it already appeared in one of the top fives! Apparently it is a favorite for the character, for reasons known . . . only to himself.

[sandrylene.livejournal.com]

Are you oppressing him?

Reason for it being among his favourites is clear: because it is stupidly, ridiculously kind of awesome.

(Admittedly in a WTF kind of way.)

[skygiants]

I WOULD NEVER. He is a great font of wisdom.

It's even better when paired with new and exciting varities of hat! Comme ca.

[sandrylene.livejournal.com]

Wow. That really, really is amazing.

I'm in awe right now.

[skygiants]

That is the only appropriate reaction.

[elspeth-vimes.livejournal.com]

I voted for Carmen Sandiego because it's hard to rock that bright a red, and man does he rock it.

But my secret, true vote is ALL THE PINSTRIPES.

[skygiants]

You sadly missed your opportunity to vote for ALL THE PINSTRIPES! But never fear, knowing this show and its costume budget, there will definitely be other opportunities.

(Have I specifically recced this show to you? With all its revolution and secret agent assassins on motorcycles and people putting aside their star-crossed love for the cause while consistently wearing the best outfits ever? I feel I must have!)

[elspeth-vimes.livejournal.com]

I AWAIT THEM EAGERLY.

(You have! And man, while I should watch some Chinese drama (preferably with kick-ass girls and/or revolution) this winter break, I MAY HAVE TO FINALLY WATCH CAPITAL SCANDAL INSTEAD.)

[skygiants]

(I certainly should not dissuade you from watching cdramas! Although I shamefully have yet to see any myself. On the other hand, I certainly should not dissuade you from watching Capital Scandal either . . . >.>)

[elspeth-vimes.livejournal.com]

(I am now faced with a problem, I want to watch ALL THE DRAMA but I am still reading ALL THE MANGA. Woe!)

[skygiants]

(So watch an episode of drama, then interspace with volumes of manga! *helpful* SLEEP IS OPTIONAL.)

[elspeth-vimes.livejournal.com]

(I believe sleep automatically becomes optional when you decide to tackle One Piece and Kekkaishi at once, SO I SEE NO PROBLEM WITH THIS BRILLIANT PLAN.

...other than perhaps the need for Yuletide-writing breaks.)

[skygiants]

(Yuletide-writing happens during intro and credits sequences, obviously.

*solves all problems!*)

[elspeth-vimes.livejournal.com]

(Brilliant!)

[schiarire.livejournal.com]

I WILL NEVER FORGET THE BLACK AND WHITE DRESS, HER SCENES IN IT HAUNT MY DREAMS.

[skygiants]

Wait, I have forgotten what other scenes she has in it besides this one?!?! Not that she is not amazing and radiant in this one AS PER USUAL, but not particularly moreso than in any other as far as I remember . . .

[schiarire.livejournal.com]

You didn't lose the ability to LIVE when she was like, "By the way, here's my leg"...? I did...

[skygiants]

OH WELL THAT OF COURSE.

[oneechan19.livejournal.com]

The choices are always so hard! I feel you should have two polls: best female outfit and best male outfit. Otherwise, I have the feeling that Se Gi is always going to win.

[skygiants]

Oh, you haven't seen some of Song Joo's later outfits yet. JUST WAIT. (Or some of Woo Wan's later outfits, come to that.)

[shati.livejournal.com]

I would have voted for boxing gloves if there had been a kangaroo in the frame.

[skygiants]

Now I almost want to photoshop one in . . .

[littledust.livejournal.com]

So much of this show will be in my life... when I have the time. ;_;

[skygiants]

It can be something to look forward to! :D

[moonyazu9.livejournal.com]

I want to steal that dress from Cha Song Joo OH SO BADLY. But the hanbok is very nice too. Lovely. And Carmen Sandiego is also quite fab. But the black and white dress gets my vote because I love black and white dresses, and that one is beautiful.

[skygiants]

Dude, if I owned that dress, I would wear it like every day.