Pop or Flop: Model Hong Jong-hyun in a dress

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At the Marc by Marc Jacobs fashion show on August 28th, the first model out, Hong Jong-hyun on the runway was a dude in a pink dress. Shocking? Perhaps, my first thought was that he can easily be mistaken for T.O.P.’s brother (member of Big Bang).

The “man in a dress” is part of the Fall/Winter 08/09 ad campaign for the Marc Jacobs.

102 Responses to “Pop or Flop: Model Hong Jong-hyun in a dress”


  1. 1 bre` August 29, 2008 at 8:31 pm

    FLOP!!!
    omg I feel so bad for him.

  2. 2 ElectroVamp~ August 29, 2008 at 9:41 pm

    .. not serious, ain’t you?
    “fashion shud meet moral perspectives”…That’s quite scary.
    A creative nowdays is supposed to come out with radical ideas . The fashion world is aging, shockin’ new ideas are pretty a rarety. And to me, the boy in dress is not so exciting… Have you ever seen a visual rock group? This boy is way more manly than any 80’s pretty boy face. So that’s nothing new or so shocking in this Hong Jong-hyun…
    Instead thinkin of Galliano “meeting moral perspectives” is kinda sad.
    To assert that Hong is gay only because he is doing his work sounds not so brilliant to me, and if he was, he’s a cute boy, hopes he finds a nice one…
    the only thing i can say is that black leather men shoes and short skirt do not value your legs

  3. 3 tranling August 29, 2008 at 9:57 pm

    is the world turning upside down ??? boys wear dress and girls wear boxers ????

  4. 4 irmakaneli August 29, 2008 at 10:07 pm

    WTF……
    the dress isn’t even pretty ~_~

  5. 5 crypticbluerose August 29, 2008 at 10:49 pm

    the shoes don’t match….

  6. 6 HAHAHA August 29, 2008 at 10:59 pm

    not the first time seeing a dude wearing marc jacob dress. i have a magazine at home with a white dude wearing the same dress

  7. 7 Booyah! August 29, 2008 at 11:28 pm

    next thing up, bra’s for men lol

  8. 8 top_lover August 29, 2008 at 11:50 pm

    His eyes actually resembles TOP but my TOP is way hotter!!!Even if he wears that dress..oh, but he better NOT! =)

  9. 9 samy August 30, 2008 at 12:15 am

    OH GOD WHAT IS HAPPENING TO THE WORLD
    WT@#$%^&&^%$#

  10. 10 _mehkai_ August 30, 2008 at 12:52 am

    okei, marc jacobs made d guy wear d dress
    but d dress is meant for girls..
    if u see all his campaigns and mag catalogue
    all d guys are wearing dresses…
    he’s not trying for a new trend or such

  11. 11 cinderella August 30, 2008 at 1:15 am

    this is part of his ad campaign for this season.
    i think its very fresh and i love marc jacobs for doing it.
    also, the whole ‘androgyny’ thing was probably from marc jacobs’s muse, bryanboy whom he also named a bag after.

    also, to anyone saying they would never wear anything like that out to public – when does anyone really wear a runway look in public?

  12. 12 kk89 August 30, 2008 at 1:37 am

    i thought it was TOP lol…..
    thinking “why the hell is top on a dress,
    is he trying to keep up w/ g-dragon’s motive??”
    lol hahahaa
    the guy really does resemble TOP
    weird…

  13. 13 p August 30, 2008 at 2:18 am

    we all know marc jacobs is highend and all that but please not a dress on a guy. maybe its a new marketing strategy or watever but this is just wrong. i saw the mj ads in mags and i just had no words.

  14. 14 Remee chan August 30, 2008 at 2:34 am

    hahahaahaa
    oh my … they should stop doing these stupid things
    that’s not fashion

  15. 15 boolie2woolie August 30, 2008 at 3:20 am

    YUCK!!

  16. 16 Hero-JaeJoong August 30, 2008 at 3:35 am

    Yeah thought that was TOP at first O.o
    they looked alike frm afar i guess.
    anw,its weird to see him don i a dress ><

  17. 18 Lillian:) August 30, 2008 at 4:57 am

    the dress is perfect for Noh HongChul:D

  18. 19 JinJin August 30, 2008 at 5:00 am

    Have you guys seen the American ads? Same thing…

  19. 20 leeee August 30, 2008 at 5:18 am

    this is new
    i like it hahah
    the guy would totally be so hot if he wore mens clothes
    but i guess a dress works too

  20. 21 Taejus August 30, 2008 at 6:04 am

    omiiigosh, that was beautiful

  21. 22 Caffeine August 30, 2008 at 6:21 am

    The guy is hot..

    But the dress is ugly.
    I actually think that it would look worse on a girl..

  22. 23 MEH August 30, 2008 at 6:34 am

    In my teen vogue magazines, they have a marc by marc jacobs ad where this dude that looks like a chick wearing a dress.
    utterly creepy.

  23. 24 lev August 30, 2008 at 7:31 am

    At first glance, I thought TOP.

    HAHAHHA. Oh man if it were. XD

    Anyway, get that dude outta that outfit. That’s just plain wrong.

  24. 25 guava August 30, 2008 at 9:20 am

    i saw the Marc by Marc Jacobs add in my Vogue magazine. (:

    This is what they do~~~
    i applaude Marc Jacobs.

    He got you to look. (:

  25. 26 sc August 30, 2008 at 9:37 am

    Nope, NOT weird

    this is just what marc jacobs does. check out any of his recent ads

  26. 27 sc August 30, 2008 at 9:39 am

    BTW

    KOREA REPRESENT!!!! yay asian models

  27. 28 berryless August 30, 2008 at 10:05 am

    OMG! i seriously thought it was TOP in a dress! lol!

    why a man? are they lacking female models or something?

  28. 29 jen August 30, 2008 at 10:43 am

    the tulle is the worst part of the thing. without that, maybe it could be better (what am i saying??) maybe it’s ok if it’s just the top with pants. it’s a nice pattern and colour…

    but would guys seriously wear that on the streets???

  29. 30 oh-noes August 30, 2008 at 10:50 am

    …nice dress!

  30. 31 shuu August 30, 2008 at 11:12 am

    they ran out of ideas i guess…??

  31. 32 yerro August 30, 2008 at 1:11 pm

    would marc jacobs put that dress on a white guy?

  32. 33 riki August 30, 2008 at 1:13 pm

    flop for the bottom half. the top half looks good. if he would just the cut the skirt part of the dress off and wear bikini bottoms that would be soooo hot.
    wow! he could be T.O.P.’s brother. i can’t be believe i live in a world with two hotties like these two. i’m so lucky

  33. 34 marr August 31, 2008 at 1:58 am

    whats there to say, fashion does crap nonesense.
    seriously mistaken for TOP’s ashamed little brother.

  34. 35 quackieee August 31, 2008 at 9:37 am

    I seriously thought that was TOP for a second =p

  35. 36 ??? August 31, 2008 at 12:03 pm

    He’s hot and rocking it.

    @everyone who says the dress is ugly, fashion shows are about pageantry, creating a spectacle, and MAYBE showcasing art through textile. Ugly clothing, make-up, or backdrops are nothing new. How many people do you see wearing runway clothes in everyday life? Zero. Why? Because it would be completely impractical! Putting a guy in a dress is a “shock” tactic for showcasing the line and putting on an entertaining, thought provoking show.

    @the people who say Hong Jong-Hyun looks womanly… of course his body is well defined, he is wearing a BELT! One of the main purposes of a BELT (besides holding up pants) is to define the waist!!!

    That’s enough rant out of me for one day :P

  36. 37 lukewarm.oasis September 1, 2008 at 12:24 pm

    ROFLMAO! I thought that was T.O.P himself, but I guessed wronged. One thing is for a guy to wear a skirt, but another for a guy to wear a hot pink cocktail dress. . .it’s just not flattering.

  37. 38 jimi September 1, 2008 at 2:53 pm

    the entire marc jacobs line this fall has ALL his male models donning women’s clothing. i think it’s advertising the women’s line.. not the men’s. obviously. shrugs.

  38. 39 mcdonaldbain September 2, 2008 at 5:45 pm

    I think it’s beautiful.

  39. 40 invisibelle September 3, 2008 at 1:19 am

    well… it certainly got us all to look at the dress…

  40. 41 asdjsd September 4, 2008 at 1:08 am

    erm, hello? has anyone since suju?
    since when has cross dressing been weird?
    i repeat. SUJU!!

  41. 42 sailor_moon September 9, 2008 at 3:39 pm

    Seriously, i do mistaken him as T.O.P from bigbang
    Guy in a dress? LOL

  42. 43 Kat September 15, 2008 at 6:24 am

    If anyone knew anything about fashion, they’d know fashion has endless possibilities. In the U.S. that same dress is on another male model and being published in almost all fashion magazines across the country. I don’t see the problem. So he wears a dress on a runway show; he gets great publicity in the fashion world and he’s still richer than all the people who say he’s gay lol.

  43. 44 Soojin September 15, 2008 at 7:16 am

    lol! MORAL perspectives? Like it’s freaking unethical to wear a dress when you’re a man? I laugh at some people’s stupidity. Don’t be so eager to use “big” words you don’t know.

  44. 45 Rick September 15, 2008 at 7:27 am

    I Love it. And I’m a guy.

    We need more fashion freedom

  45. 46 amy December 7, 2008 at 2:47 pm

    true its not right but hes cute !

  46. 47 lizzie December 19, 2008 at 9:08 am

    he is a hottie no matter what he wears (:

  47. 48 MyWildestDesires December 19, 2008 at 9:18 am

    Pwahahhahaha ~~

    thats the first.~

    plus their taking it seriously.. i mean the next thing you’ll see is guys in dresses… might be the next new ‘trend’ O_o’

    I Guess its not THAT baddd~ ahh wells..

  48. 49 Darmani May 28, 2009 at 7:26 am

    I’m late but I can put my observations in, I think.

    As we gender-base clothing styles, I think some opinions are biased.

    The only thing I do not like about the ensemble is the pattern on the dress(dog-tooth is overdone these days), the gathers in the skirt, or the tulle… However it’s difficult to add enough to a dress like that to spice it up.

    Overall, the look is pleasing; the collar and cut compliment Jong-Hyun’s shoulders, where the high-waist helps to show his slim figure underneath magenta, which makes him look thicker.

    The entire look of course is out of place to the normal look of a man in traditionally considered male clothing.
    The shoes seem out of place with the dress, but they support the whole look.

    The look suits him, as I have seen many women in dresses like this and they were not flattering to the figure at all.

    Marc Jacobs is casual look, to me.

  49. 50 Nicole June 22, 2009 at 2:47 am

    wow, with his legs, they should have went for a longer dress, or some hose to soften the angles in his knees. otherwise, it’s a fashion show, that kind of stuff is meant to be artistic in a way that could be completely lost on everyone except the person who designed it. Do you really expect to see him out and about in this? if you do, you don’t pay that much attention


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