once more, with feeling: NOT gmarket/dongdaemun

November 13, 2010 5:23 PM

Korean menswear labels and online shops?

Looking for: stuff in the price range of D. Gnak, Instantology, etc or lower such as the labels on YesStyle, like Groove9 and Deepstyle. Shoes too!! Also, Korea-based online shops that sell international brands too, such as mskshop.

Not looking for: where I can get a suit made (or suits in general) or answers that include the word "gmarket".

Thank you!

posted by acidic to Clothing, Beauty, & Fashion (4 answers total)

Are you in Korea? I'm unsure if you want recommendations in the vein (but not) gmarket or if you want particular places in Korea to shop. If you're in Korea, narrow it down for us.
posted by Galen at 5:49 PM on November 13, 2010

Response by poster: in Korea. I want recommendations of labels in the vein of the other labels/stores I mentioned, and the online shops where I can look at their offerings. gmarket is not a good place to shop for high-end menswear and doesn't sell any of the labels I mentioned.
posted by acidic at 6:13 PM on November 13, 2010

There are a multitude of possibilities, but not in English. You don't mention whether Korean-language sites are an option or not. If so, one way to start discovering them is the online-shopping site aggregator at naver.

Another way to get started is (and this may be obvious, apologies if so) searching Google for your brand names, but limiting the domains returned -- for example 'Groove9 site:.co.kr'
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 6:27 PM on November 14, 2010

Hm, I can't help you with online stores. I always just walked the more eclectic neighborhoods in Seoul, Busan and Tongyeong and generally found interesting stores selling haute couture and indie design. Give it a shot. Let us know how it goes (add it to WikiTravel when you do :D)
posted by Galen at 11:19 PM on November 14, 2010