Seonghwa, the eldest member of Ok-pop boy group ATEEZ, made a splash at Paris Trend Week earlier this week. The 26-year-old singer attended Isabel Marant‘s Spring Summer time 2025 present, marking his vogue week debut.
The Ok-pop celebrity spoke with The Hollywood Reporter over e-mail in between jetting from Paris to Seoul to Jakarta, the place the powerhouse group is predicted to carry out tomorrow for the music competition Metropolis Camp Indonesia.
Seonghwa says PFW was a “very completely satisfied time” and that he spoke with different members of ATEEZ earlier than heading out. “Hongjoong, San and Wooyoung attended vogue exhibits earlier within the week and spoke about how grateful they’re to ATINY,” he stated, calling out the official title for ATEEZ followers. “In addition they talked about that they thought quite a bit concerning the different members whereas they have been there.”
“I truthfully felt the identical method, and it actually reaffirmed the truth that we’re ‘Eight Makes One Workforce,’” Seonghwa continued, referring to the eight-piece group’s motto.
Under, Seonghwa opens up about his private type and vogue week expertise, together with how he and the remainder of ATEEZ encourage each other in relation to type.
How would you describe your private type? What story are you making an attempt to inform?
I imagine that anybody, no matter age or gender, ought to be capable of put on the garments that they need. I discover such pleasure in having the ability to categorical myself by means of garments and vogue. As an artist, I’m in a position to embody and painting so many features of myself by means of our music, facial expressions in performances, and dance, however with vogue, I can categorical and showcase one other fully completely different facet of myself that absolutely embraces and captures my private story.
Is there somebody you lookup on this planet of vogue or type?
There [are] so many good individuals on this planet of vogue, however I’ve acquired such an excellent affect from the unimaginable Kim Bekker, Isabel Marant and Anthony Vaccarello.
Total, how was your first vogue week? Have been you nervous? Excited? Did it reside as much as your expectations?
Whereas I used to be getting ready for vogue week, simply fascinated about it and imagining every thing made me nervous and excited, but it surely was truthfully a really completely satisfied time. I felt like I had ready every thing completely, so on the day of the present, I used to be fully immersed in it. It was such a beautiful time.
Did you communicate with any of your fellow ATEEZ members who’ve gone to vogue week up to now about what to anticipate or get any recommendation from them?
Hongjoong, San and Wooyoung attended vogue exhibits earlier within the week and spoke about how grateful they’re to ATINY [the official name for ATEEZ’s fans]. In addition they talked about that they thought quite a bit concerning the different members whereas they have been there. I truthfully felt the identical method, and it actually reaffirmed the truth that we’re “Eight Makes One Workforce” [a reference to the group’s motto].
Do you discover that you just and the remainder of ATEEZ encourage each other’s type?
We do appear to present inspiration to at least one one other quite a bit, however we’ve got such admiration and respect for one another as a result of every member has such a definite persona and style in type. It’s this understanding we’ve got of each other that enables us to precise our personal kinds to the fullest.
Seonghwa attends the Isabel Marant Paris Womenswear Spring-Summer time 2025 present.
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Your search for the Isabel Marant present was nice! How did you are feeling carrying the garments? Did you’ve got a favourite a part of the ensemble?
Everybody anticipated me to put on males’s garments, however I noticed that in one in every of Isabel [Marant]’s interviews, she talked about how she is of course drawn to girls’s clothes. I really feel the identical method, so I made a decision to maintain an open thoughts and boldly give it a strive. I particularly preferred the excessive heels. I completely liked the ultimate look, and it actually felt like the garments have been made only for me. This made me much more curious concerning the story that might unfold with the Spring Summer time 2025 assortment.
I noticed that you just informed followers going to Paris Trend Week was a dream come true. What’s subsequent for you? Do you’ve got one other vogue or type objective you’re working in direction of?
I’d like to have the prospect to attend extra vogue exhibits and collaborate with manufacturers to deliver a constructive affect to individuals, not solely by means of music, but in addition by means of vogue. I need to take this chance, by means of this present, to as soon as once more thank our followers, ATINY.