It is analyzed that the “Y2K fashion” (2000s style) craze, which has recently hit the fashion world in line with the economic recession, has also moved to hair.
According to the entertainment industry on May 4th, actress Song Hye Kyo showed off her elegant figure at the world’s largest fashion charity event “Met Gala” held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in Manhattan, New York, USA on May 1st (local time). Song Hye Kyo, who perfectly digested bobbed hair in Netflix’s original series “The Glory”, drew attention by trying to make a different transformation with hime cut.
The styling of Suzy, who hosted the 59th Baeksang Arts Awards held on April 28th, also attracted attention. She boasted her alluring beauty by perfectly digesting an elegant black dress reminiscent of a black swan and natural hime cut that she has been sticking to since late last year.
Girl groups that create trends by introducing various hairstyles also joined in. IVE Rei created a dreamy aura with unique hime cut in the second single “LOVE DIVE” released in April last year. Members of the syndrome girl group NewJeans, such as Hanni, Haerin, Minji and Danielle, showed different hime cuts. Actress Yoon Eun Hye even revealed how she did hime cut on her YouTube channel “Yoon Eun Hye’s EUNHYELOGIN” last month.
Hime cut, also called princess cut, is a hairstyle consisting of straight, usually cheek-length sidelocks and frontal fringe. The rest of the hair is usually worn long and straightened. It has the advantage of covering angular face shape or face shape with prominent cheekbones as well as creating a hip atmosphere.
Many analysts say that the reason why hime cut styling is in the limelight is because it is part of the “Y2K fashion” style that dominated the early 2000s. Pop culture critic Kim Heon Sik said, “Generation Z (born in the mid-1990s and early 2000s) and Generation Alpha (born after 2010) don’t know much about ‘Y2K fashion’, so hime cut seems to be recognized as a new style.“
He interpreted that the hime cut craze is also related to the economic recession. Critic Kim shared, “People in their teens and 20s nowadays are frustrated and lethargic due to the economic downturn, inflation and unemployment crisis. In the 2000s, there was a strong impression that people in their teens and 20s controlled the world. I wonder if hime cut is in vogue as nostalgia for this kind of thing also works.“
Source: Naver
