It's never surprising when Americans take fashion cues from Asia, but this
latest fashion trend is one that I think I'd rather not hit the streets of New York City.
In places where public displays of affection are considered taboo such as Japan, Korea and China, couples are making a statement by wearing matching outfits when they go out together. Stores are even selling matching outfits for couples in pairs. Talk about a great new marketing strategy. And really, it makes shopping for your SO 20 times easier, just pick out what you want to wear and make him wear it too!
I like it.
It's bold.
But I'm thinking there is no way in hell I'm getting my boyfriend to wear a magenta halter top on a Friday night out.
And what happens when you break up? God forbid you happen to wear one of your matching sets and run into your ex in the same outfit. That's gotta be awkward. In the first few weeks after the breakup, you'd have to coordinate NOT to coordinate with your ex, just so you don't send out the wrong message to everyone around you.
I hate PDA just as much as the next person, but I don't know if my SO and I will be jumping on this matchy-matchy bandwagon.
What are your thoughts on this trend?
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PDA is no longer taboo in china. every time i've went back, i've seen young people making out/holding hands and even dry humping in public areas. gross but true.
I think couple wear is funny. I'd see it all the time in South Korea.
LOL i hav a couple shirt with my bf
but i dont always wear it out
1st ...........it weird as u guys say ( i just want it cuz.. I JUST WANT IT)
2nd .......... LOL i don't look so good at it
3rd ........... we treat it like normal clothe no special day need to wear it
but the feeling when u see the person u like wearing the shirt that have a meaning to u n him in it ...it make u feel really great :)
Don't think this will ever catch on here in the west since PDA is perfectly normal as long as the funnies don't come out.
Plus, two people intentionally wearing the same outfit is just strange unless they're twins
Don't think I'd ever wear a matching outfit with my SO. A bit creepy if you ask me.
I don't have a problem with PDA. This trend is kinda funny though.
Oh man, I don't think I would ever do this. Sometimes my boyfriend and I will both be wearing Hurley shirts, but it's never the same one. I think him and I would die laughing if we ever went out in public wearing the same exact shirt.
I think thats lazy and conceited Think about it this way: after sometime with your SO you recognize outfits that one or the other or both recognize as significant. Lingerie is a fine example. But more broadly, a certain outfit may on purpose hark us, him or her back to a first date. Its special for just the two of you. So to have matching outfits COULD take the significance of an event, time, or memory away. Not to mention it could be considered conceited, "Hey look at us, we're together because we match and not holding hands."
Couples are already too alike to wear matching outfits. I think it's corny and cheesy to actually coordinate your outfits like this. Sure you are a couple, but there's nothing wrong with exerting your individuality, even if it's just clothing.
I have a "couple's" t-shirt with my boyfriend. They have the same print on them, but they're different colors and male/female. And adorable. XD
That's even more annoying.
my girlfriend and i have matching clothes.
she made us matching tie-dye shirts, we bought matching t-shirts in orlando florida, and we have semi-matching flannels. we're cute. be envious.
we had matching bracelets, that's as far as I go
Entire matching outfits is definitely very odd, but my boyfriend and I think that maybe a matching t-shirt or something is cute every once in a while.
i don't think i'd be able to do that...me and my bf would look funny and awkward xD
anything to make money off of it...
i stopped at matching key chains. one of those that will connect together to make something neat. for us was a key& a heart w/ a keyhole. anything more than that is obnoxious. like that time when we status updated how much we love each other and how pretty smart& good a chess the other person is. im sure many since hide our feeds on fb lol
hahahahaha. i think it's hilarious.
sometimes me and my boyfriend wear similar color schemes on accident, though.
but when it looks like you planned it, it's tacky.
The only time I ever coordinate clothing with a significant other has been for a formal occasion like prom so we wouldn't clash horribly, and that's just usually similar colors. Otherwise, it just looks plain tacky and somewhat obnoxious. If we both went to an event and were given the same shirt and wore it on accident, I'd probably either change or make him change, haha.
I hate it. I feel like it shows there's no independence...
wearing identical matching outfits in their own sizes like that picture is very tacky. I think color coordinating outfits that complement each other in subtle ways is cute, such as him wearing black pants and a black & white pinstriped dress shirt while she wears a black scarf with white short sleeved dress shirt in a different fabric like chiffon and black high waisted skirt or something like that but she still has something that makes her different like pink shoes or more accessories.
i just dont know what kind of guy would go along with this. but i guess if i found a guy that was willing to coordinate outfits with me every day... i'd marry him immediately.
I think PDA is cute. but a FULL matching outfit? Maybe the same colors, for a special occasion or something
i kind of like doing this....
actually, that's a lie. i really like doing this.
asians have been doing this for forever. there are couples shirts, sweaters, necklaces, phone charms, what have you.
In Taiwan, I've seen really cute ones. A guyfriend got his girl a few. They're the annoying sort to make public announces of loving one another, taking photos of them kissing, etc. It's no surprise they'd wear couple tees.
I think it's cute. Only if a couple isn't always showing off their relationship.