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skygiantsWell, this is a first: for this week's costume polls, we have a tie! Though every single one of the outfits in episode seven gathered a respectable following, the highest votes were evenly split between this look:
in which our heroine lounges and paints her toenails, and this look:
in which our heroine throws down with God.
Both great choices, both very much a mood, pleasingly representative of The Dichotomy Of Man and/or The Dichotomy of Immortal Ghost Hoteliers.
This week we hit the midway point of the drama and the field is a little narrower; Jang Man Wol's busy with the heightening drama and only has time to change into five outfits, but several of them are OUTFITS.
1.
Starting off low-key again with this long black-and-white number - elegant, of course, but pretty casual for Jang Man Wol.
However, there's something fancy going on with the gauze around her sleeves and I don't really understand it, technically speaking, but I'm kind of fascinated by it ... does it start at the elbow and just balloon? "I'd like to look at all times like my forearms are swathed in a cloud of excess dark energy," says Jang Man Wol, to her stylist, "how can we make that happen?"
2.
Now this is ... this is. Okay. Let's unpack. We have the high-waisted leather or vinyl ... corset pencil skirt? Is that what we would call it? Let's go with corset pencil skirt ...
We've got the ankle-ribbon stiletto heels ...
And we've got the BALLOONING PINSTRIPE BLOUSE which is really just. The pièce de résistance.
Like, this is definitely a Statement Silhouette, one has to have respect for it if nothing else, but really ... what happened here? Did someone set out to design baseball-themed fetish gear and then get a little confused somewhere along the way?
3.
Now this look, I understand, and it is French New Wave perfection.
Okay, yes, the blouse is very shiny, but check out the adorable embroidery on the back of the hat! I'm so charmed!
I wish we ever got a close-up of the skirt pattern ... yes, it's a little matchy, but -- and maybe it's the nineties kid in me who loved ridiculous embroidery patterns on my jeans -- I can't deny that it fills my heart with joy.
4.
Okay, enough playing around, it's time for a REVENGE LOOK.
What says 'I've lovingly created a psychologically shattering construct to destroy my enemy of a thousand years' like gold-and-green statement nails?
What says 'whoops, my love interest just HAD to give the psychologically shattering construct a hug and now he's collapsed on the ground' like stark floor-length black?
It's not the flashiest thing she's ever worn, but it absolutely gets the impact across and I honestly think she couldn't have chosen better for her day's planned and unplanned activities.
5.
Bringing it down again a little for some falling action ... the muddy-pink dress is fine? It looks a bit like it came out of the section of the back costume closet labelled 'Generic Thirties and Forties,' but it's fine.
Like I don't know that muddy pink is really her, it makes her look a little washed out, but she's had a long and very dramatic day and she can wind down and be a little drab if she wants to. No judgment!
in which our heroine lounges and paints her toenails, and this look:
in which our heroine throws down with God.
Both great choices, both very much a mood, pleasingly representative of The Dichotomy Of Man and/or The Dichotomy of Immortal Ghost Hoteliers.
This week we hit the midway point of the drama and the field is a little narrower; Jang Man Wol's busy with the heightening drama and only has time to change into five outfits, but several of them are OUTFITS.
1.
Starting off low-key again with this long black-and-white number - elegant, of course, but pretty casual for Jang Man Wol.
However, there's something fancy going on with the gauze around her sleeves and I don't really understand it, technically speaking, but I'm kind of fascinated by it ... does it start at the elbow and just balloon? "I'd like to look at all times like my forearms are swathed in a cloud of excess dark energy," says Jang Man Wol, to her stylist, "how can we make that happen?"
2.
Now this is ... this is. Okay. Let's unpack. We have the high-waisted leather or vinyl ... corset pencil skirt? Is that what we would call it? Let's go with corset pencil skirt ...
We've got the ankle-ribbon stiletto heels ...
And we've got the BALLOONING PINSTRIPE BLOUSE which is really just. The pièce de résistance.
Like, this is definitely a Statement Silhouette, one has to have respect for it if nothing else, but really ... what happened here? Did someone set out to design baseball-themed fetish gear and then get a little confused somewhere along the way?
3.
Now this look, I understand, and it is French New Wave perfection.
Okay, yes, the blouse is very shiny, but check out the adorable embroidery on the back of the hat! I'm so charmed!
I wish we ever got a close-up of the skirt pattern ... yes, it's a little matchy, but -- and maybe it's the nineties kid in me who loved ridiculous embroidery patterns on my jeans -- I can't deny that it fills my heart with joy.
4.
Okay, enough playing around, it's time for a REVENGE LOOK.
What says 'I've lovingly created a psychologically shattering construct to destroy my enemy of a thousand years' like gold-and-green statement nails?
What says 'whoops, my love interest just HAD to give the psychologically shattering construct a hug and now he's collapsed on the ground' like stark floor-length black?
It's not the flashiest thing she's ever worn, but it absolutely gets the impact across and I honestly think she couldn't have chosen better for her day's planned and unplanned activities.
5.
Bringing it down again a little for some falling action ... the muddy-pink dress is fine? It looks a bit like it came out of the section of the back costume closet labelled 'Generic Thirties and Forties,' but it's fine.
Like I don't know that muddy pink is really her, it makes her look a little washed out, but she's had a long and very dramatic day and she can wind down and be a little drab if she wants to. No judgment!
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Top outfit of the episode?
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dark energy sleeves
2 (3.0%)
baseball fetishwear
18 (26.9%)
french new wave
25 (37.3%)
revenge look
22 (32.8%)
muddy pink
0 (0.0%)
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Date: 2020-05-17 11:08 pm (UTC)