realities of shopping in 🇰🇷 as a mid-sized girlie

it’s been a while since I came back from Korea but thought I would share my experience shopping there! Korea is known to have cheap and stylish clothes. but, it was actually a lot harder than I expected to find clothes that fit me 😵‍💫

some of the popular spots to shop in Korea will be goto mall, hongdae and myeongdong area. these stalls have no fitting rooms (it’s a lot like Bugis street) which means it’s a gamble buying clothes 🫠 I rmb shopping around for hours but not daring to buy anything.

normally, these shops only carry free size which is another struggle 😫 most of them only have sizes for bottoms and typically only go up to L size. however, these sizes can be very varied! some shop’s M size can be too big for me while other shop’s L size doesn’t even fit me 😤

there are also other bigger shops such as troubadour, lucky factory and m playground that allow try ons. however, they might not allow try ons for certain pieces such as tops (particularly whites) and one pieces. they will typically have a staff check the pieces u want to try on.

if you can’t find pieces that suit u in these shops, I highly recommend checking out malls instead. while they aren’t as cheap, a lot of brands have sales all the time! it is so much more worth to buy one expensive item that fits you well than buy three cheap items that don’t even fit u.

overall, I’m still happy with my haul from Korea but will probably spend lesser time shopping at small stalls (with no fitting rooms). hope this helps if you also intend to shop in Korea ✨

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