Stories of fashion loved by musicians, captured in 19 movies

Jin Gyeong-ok, the Emeritus Professor of the Department of Fashion Design at Dongmyeong University published Fashion, Designing a Movie and Fashion, Styling a Movie, followed by the recent Fashion, Singing Music Movies. In the previous works, she explains how the costumes in the movie represent the story and the emotional changes of the characters, through various films that transcend times and countries. The newest Fashion, Singing Music Movies is composed of carefully selected music and film genres that are particularly loved by Korean audiences. 

The author classified music films into genres of rock, hip-hop, band, pop and jazz, classical music, and musicals. Among many music films, it introduces mainly films that contain fashions that have influenced the pop culture and fashion world. The book not only deals with the main characters’ fashion in the movie, but also the stories of costume directors, the backstories behind the costumes, and the fashion history. Of course, it also tells about the music that is essential to music movies.