“It’s True That NewJeans Made It Popular” – Korean Netizens Discuss Whether IVE’s Recent Styling Resembles NewJeans’ “Cookie” Stage Outfits

In a forum post made by a Korean netizen on a local community site, the original poster shared that it is his first time seeing IVE wearing the trendy gorp-core look.

The original poster also mentioned that it reminded them of NewJeans' stage outfits for "Cookie."

Korean netizens were quick to defend the group saying the look is already popular before NewJeans even debuted and that it is a common sporty Y2K look.

Meanwhile, some Korean netizens also noted that it can't be denied that NewJeans popularized the look and many idols have been seen wearing the same style after it became NewJeans's signature look.

Korean netizens commented:

• Gorpcore is just a recent trend
• I'm sorry, but I've had a Gorpcore look before... I hope you can fix your self-consciousness ㅠㅠ
• It seems that almost all female idols have worn that since NewJeans...
• I think I've seen a lot of clothes like this before.
• Idols wear clothes like that a lot in private. Stop being overly self-conscious
• The representative image of NewJeans is the sporty y2k which made the Gorpcore popular hahahahahahahaha.The same clothes are worn only once during cookie hahaha
• The other day, Red Velvet was winning #1 on the board saying they were following NewJeans, but it turned out that the concept Red Velvet did first a few years ago overlapped with New Jeans, so I closed my mouth and deleted the post, Triple S's debut song concept was decided before New Jeans, but it followed the y2k concept again. They say they copied New Jeans, even the concept of XG comeback. Now, Ive? I'm fed up with the New Jeans copy issue hehe
• If you do anything, you copy NewJeans. That's right. Didn't people say that Wonyoung had tweety bangs after the New Jeans member during Afterlike? Why is that hahahaha
• The look itself has already been in vogue since long ago, and idols haven't been wearing it since NewJeans, so on what basis are you saying that New Jeans made it popular? Excessive self-consciousness
• The look was originally there, but it is true that NewJeans made it popular.
• It certainly seems true that the number of idols wearing school uniforms has increased since Ditto.
• Reminds me of Le Sserafim's Impurities
• Ive fans gritted their teeth and said no, it made me laugh hahahahahahahaha somehow erased from my memory the fact that NewJeans was lit up and praised by people for wearing it during Cookie
• Ah yes yes yes influence in the universe is the best
• They wore it because it was fashionable... NewJeans just quickly caught the trendiest

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