As we all know, Fly to the Sky enjoy employing the services of inept stylists. There is no way to explain just how horribly their fashion sense went downhill in the latter stages of 6th jib. There was a marked improvement for 7th jib, where both of them sported clean and classy looks - one of the best of the jib fashions so far. I really like it when men look like men, and not like some third-rate entertainer who's trying his damnest to get a cheap thrill out of loser audiences. So for much of 7th jib, the boys looked like the fine men they are, with excellent hairstyles:
Alas, good fashion days seldom last. Let's look at the latest hair shenanigans of Brian:
The man turned 28 with a hairstyle that decidedly went... northwest. Why on earth would you turn up at your own birthday party looking less than immaculate? Some find it cute, but I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw him like that. I suppose he thought a bright smile compensated for having a hairstyle that resembled a chicken's comb.
That chicken's comb hairstyle had its roots way back, and I'm sure we're all aware of how FTTS exploded onto the scene almost 10 years ago, with hairstyles that beggared belief. That was what Evie, a fellow FTTS fan, and I called the "coconut tree hairstyle", which basically means the hair was blond and expanded like bicycle spokes in all directions possible:
Looks like this are best consigned to the trash because they are so painful on the eye. Then again, half of kpop was like that in the late 1990s, so it was a miracle FTTS were taken seriously.
Don't they look good here? A perfect blend of yin (Brian) and yang (Hwanhee). Hairstyles play a big part in achieving a suitable overall look, and what's the point of dressing snazzy if you have an ugly hairstyle to go with it? The minimalist 4th jib look is one of my favourites because it shows that you can look good with the basics (and maybe the occasional dash of colour).
But then there were the bad days, when one looked good but the other didn't:
I don't know what on earth possessed Hwanhee to think he could do the gypsy look successfully. His hair sucked to the high heavens and was a return of the "coconut tree hairstyle" days of that woeful 1st jib. The bandana around his head just made it worse, propping up the blond streaks that look like tv antennae. The effect was awful. While Brian looked suitably cool and collected (don't you wish he didn't mess with his hair that often?), Hwanhee looked bad. It was not "bad boy" bad, it was trash bad.
And I know entertainers like to give the audience a bit of value in their performances, but there's no need to go to the extreme:
Mr Hwang, you really do like to try my patience sometimes. I really hate your hairstyles here. They're ugly and you know you can do so much better. I can understand you wanted something fancy to liven up your concerts, but did you have to go to extremes? You entertain with your voice! Your powerful, sexy, husky voice, melded with the higher, more sensitive one of your partner, can create some of the most beautiful music in the world. But why must you mess with your hair and look like crap?!
This is still one of the best hairstyles ever:
Short, sweet, sexy. A pity we're moving into 8th jib era and may no longer see the classy 7th jib selves. Let's hope 8th jib won't give us any heart attacks.
le jun
