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Palace's Balaclava Puffa Reshapes the Winter Silhouette

- 11월 12, 2026

British streetwear brand Palace Skateboards has added the Pertex Balaclava Puffa to its 2026 winter collection, a puffer jacket with a hood that wraps the head and neck and leaves only a small oval opening for the face. Released in the second week of November, it comes in six colorways: black, black and navy, black and yellow, brown, ice grey and rhythm red. A Hood, a Body and a New Proportion The jacket pairs a Pertex-family shell with horizontal baffles across the chest, stomach and arms, thick sleeves, a short body and a drawcord hem. Unlike a separate balaclava or scarf, the head and body insulation is joined in one garment, which makes the head and shoulders read larger together. Across all six colors, the thick sleeves, short body and oval face opening stay the same. How it looks depends on the wearer. People with narrow shoulders can use the volume to add presence to the upper body, while those with broad shoulders or a fuller chest should choose their size carefully. Hair lengt...

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Korea's Top Court Clears Sung Yu-ri's Husband in Coin Listing Case

- 11월 12, 2026

South Korea's Supreme Court has finalized the acquittal of former pro golfer Ahn Sung-hyun in a high-profile case over alleged bribery tied to a cryptocurrency listing. His wife is Sung Yu-ri, a member of the beloved K-pop girl group Fin.K.L. The ruling, handed down on Nov. 12 by the court's Second Division, removes what had been the biggest obstacle to her return to entertainment. From Prison Sentence to Full Acquittal Ahn was indicted on charges of fraud under the Act on the Aggravated Punishment of Specific Economic Crimes, plus taking money in breach of trust. Prosecutors alleged that in 2021 he accepted tens of billions of won from businessman Kang Jong-hyun in exchange for a promise to get a particular coin listed on Bithumb, a major Korean crypto exchange, and that he took 20 billion won as payment for the favor. The verdicts swung sharply. The first trial sentenced Ahn to four years and six months in prison. The appeals court overturned that, finding Kang's testimon...

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Graphpaper x Descente Rework the Down Jacket's Proportions

- 11월 11, 2026

Japanese fashion brand Graphpaper and sportswear company Descente have widened the body and sleeves of a down jacket and shortened its length in their 2026 fall/winter collaboration. The result, 'Oversized MOUNTAINEER', is built on Descente's flagship Mizusawa Down model and redesigns upper-body volume and proportion while keeping its functional structure. Wider Body, Shorter Hem Rather than simply scaling up the pattern, Graphpaper adjusted the width of the body, the length and the sleeve room separately. The emphasis is on horizontal width over vertical length, so the down's volume gathers around the shoulders, chest and arms, and the hem ends near the waist. That differs from a long down coat, and from an oversized piece that grows in both width and length. The roomier cut also leaves space for thicker layers such as shirts and knitwear underneath. Descente's existing technology is retained: heat-bonded baffles instead of conventional stitched quilting, and two v...

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Wellness Hits $2.7 Trillion, But Proof of Results Decides Who Wins

- 11월 11, 2026

The global wellness market is estimated at $2.7 trillion in 2026, and shoppers are asking a tougher question than ever: does it actually work? In the US, 44% of consumers rank efficacy as a top purchase criterion, level with price at 44%, while quality follows at 41%. Growth, Deals and a Satisfaction Gap The US wellness market now tops $700 billion and is growing 5 to 10% a year. The six largest consumer health and wellness mergers and acquisitions announced or completed between 2021 and September 2026 all came after 2025, and together total about $89 billion, with private equity taking part. Product launches are surging too. Items touting health or wellness benefits made up 33% of new US consumer goods launches through September, up from 24% in 2021. Among US consumer brands that grew more than 20% a year from 2023 to 2025, wellness products accounted for 53% of sales, versus 20% for brands growing 4 to 9%. Yet about 40% of consumers surveyed in China, Germany, the UK and the US say e...

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Palace's Check P3 Hoodie: Six Colors, One Triangle

- 11월 11, 2026

British streetwear label Palace Skateboards has released the Check P3 Zip Hoodie as part of its Winter 2026 collection, in six colorways: black, chocolate brown, grey marl, heavy purple, navy and racey green. The cut stays the same across all six, and the difference comes from fabric color and the graphic on the back. Same Hoodie, Different Triangle The front is plain apart from a small P logo on the left chest, with a center zip, front pockets and ribbed cuffs and hem. The back carries a large triangle made of the word PALACE repeated in three directions, with textured, partly cut-off lettering inside the letters. On the black hoodie the lettering is red, while the brown version uses a lighter print. The triangle is the Tri-Ferg, a logo designed by graphic designer Fergus Purcell. Palace was founded in London in 2009, and the design recalls the Penrose triangle, an impossible shape that looks three-dimensional on paper but cannot exist in real space. Palace has used it across T-shirts...

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BTS 'SWIM' Named Apple Music's Only K-pop Pick on 2026 Best Songs

- 11월 11, 2026

BTS has landed the only K-pop spot on Apple Music's 2026 Best Songs list with 'SWIM,' the title track of its fifth studio album. The year-end list gathers 100 songs that resonated most with listeners around the world, and the group's track is the lone K-pop entry. Apple Music announced the global 100-song ranking on the 8th, Korea time. 'SWIM' also earned places in several Best Playlists categories, including A-List Pop, Viral Hits and KPOPWRLD. Chart Staying Power Apple Music described the group's comeback as a return that came after years of built-up anticipation, saying it redefined this year's K-pop landscape. The recognition comes as the album's long chart run continues. The fifth album, 'Arirang,' ranked No. 62 on the latest Billboard 200, the main US album chart. That marks 33 consecutive weeks on the chart. The album entered at No. 1 on the chart dated April 4 and held the top spot for three straight weeks before settling into a stead...

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Graphpaper x Descente: 8 Years of Reshaping the Down Jacket

- 11월 10, 2026

Japanese fashion brand Graphpaper and sportswear maker Descente have spent eight years rebuilding the down jacket together. Their 2026 fall/winter piece, the 'Oversized MOUNTAINEER,' brings back Descente's signature Mizusawa Down model with a wider body, fuller sleeves and a shorter hem. From Bigger Fit to Combined Patterns It began in 2019, when Graphpaper's Takayuki Minami tried on Mizusawa Down at a Descente exhibition and found it too narrow, even in larger overseas sizes. He asked Descente for a roomier cut. Enlarging a pattern is never simple, because shoulders, sleeve joins, body length and the space for insulation all change with it. The 2020 version widened the armholes for thicker layers and lengthened the body, using the water-repellent, breathable CEBONNER fabric. Later projects switched to Descente's ANCHOR model, and in 2024 the two brands merged ANCHOR and MOUNTAINEER into one jacket with a stand collar and a split raglan shoulder, a pattern that blen...

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A Korean Garden Built from Dead Pines and Broken Concrete

- 11월 10, 2026

In Yangpyeong, Gyeonggi Province, a new contemporary garden keeps dead pine trees and crumbling concrete walls on purpose. Médongaule Garden uses them to express the memory of war, division and loss in modern Korean history. The garden opened its Korean garden in September 2025 and unveiled the contemporary garden in June 2026. Its 'Story of Korea' section moves from the scholar-official spirit of the Joseon era to hardship, recovery and prosperity. History Told Through Paths, Stone and Wood The route begins with a shelter shaped like the gat, the traditional Korean hat worn by scholars, reached by a spiral path up a hill. A wedge-shaped structure with wave-like planting abstractly recalls the turtle ship from the 1592 Japanese invasion, a symbol of resistance. The most striking contrast is 'The Age of Hardship.' Dead pine trees with hardened resin, low branches, narrow shaded paths and walls with exposed rebar evoke the Korean War, which began in 1950, rather than a ti...

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Palace Puts Sophy Rickett's 1995 London Photo on a Shirt

- 11월 10, 2026

British streetwear brand Palace Skateboards has printed Sophy Rickett's 1995 photograph 'Vauxhall Bridge' on shirts and T-shirts in its Winter 2026 collection. The image shows a woman in a suit urinating in public against the backdrop of the MI6 headquarters in London. The 'Vauxhall 1995' items arrived in the seventh drop of the winter line, as a white long-sleeve shirt and T-shirts in six colors. One Photo, Two Very Different Garments On the long-sleeve shirt, the black-and-white photograph spreads across most of the front, while the sleeves, collar and back stay plain white. The T-shirts, in black, pink, grey, light blue, orange and white, carry a small rectangle at the chest instead. The artwork is identical, but the scale changes how readable it is. On the shirt, the figure and the architecture dominate; on the tees, the fabric color takes over. Rickett's 1995 'Pissing Women' series placed women in tailored clothing in various London locations, perfo...

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Korean Women Move Beyond Creams to Clinics and At-Home Devices

- 11월 10, 2026

Skincare in South Korea is no longer just about creams and serums. A survey of women aged 20 to 69 found that 22.8% now use cosmetic procedures, and 14.9% combine three or more methods. Many women still rely on cosmetics as their base, then add clinic visits, home beauty devices or inner beauty supplements depending on their skin concerns. A Mix-and-Match Approach to Skin Research firm Embrain's Opensurvey polled 1,000 women nationwide on October 27 for its 'Beauty and Procedure Trend Report 2026.' Skincare alone remains the most common routine, used exclusively by 39.2%. Only 2.6% rely on procedures alone, which suggests most people who visit clinics keep using cosmetics too. Combining skincare and procedures accounts for 6.5%, while 3.8% use all four methods: skincare, inner beauty, home devices and procedures. Home devices show the strongest link to clinic treatments. Among device users, 37.0% use them instead of procedures and 25.0% use them alongside procedures. Of 80 ...

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Persistent Cough? What Korea's Mycoplasma Pneumonia Data Really Says

- 11월 09, 2026

A cough that lingers for weeks does not automatically mean Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection, a bacterial cause of pneumonia often seen in young children. Early symptoms such as fever, headache, sore throat and cough look much like a common cold, so symptoms alone cannot reveal the cause. Anyone with a persistent cough, ongoing fever or worsening breathing should see a medical professional. What the Latest Korean Data Shows According to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA), the incubation period is two to three weeks, and most people recover within three to four weeks. The cough often starts dry and may worsen or bring up phlegm. Some patients develop pneumonia, but a long-lasting cough cannot show whether pneumonia or this particular infection is the cause. Hospital-based surveillance for week 44 of 2026 found no sign of a surge. Bacterial respiratory inpatients numbered 25, down from 32 the previous week and 66 a year earlier. Mycoplasma was identified in 96 percent o...

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Walking Philosophy: Nietzsche's Maze and Plato's Pillars in Yangpyeong

- 11월 09, 2026

One hundred metal pillars of varying heights stand in a regular grid, letting the surrounding forest show through while light shifts across their surfaces. This is 'Plato's Idea' at the contemporary garden of Médongaule in Yangpyeong, Gyeonggi Province, just east of Seoul. Beyond it lie a red sandstone circle, a mirrored room and a labyrinth, built on the ideas of Nietzsche, Saint-Exupéry and the Buddha. Philosophy here is meant to be felt through movement, light and reflection rather than explained in text. Ideas Built as Space Médongaule began planning in 2012, opened its Korean garden in September 2025 and unveiled the contemporary garden in 2026. The contemporary garden has two parts, the 'Island of Thought' and 'Story of Korea.' The Island of Thought draws on Plato, Nietzsche, Saint-Exupéry, Nikos Kazantzakis, the Buddha and Emmanuel Levinas. Chilean studio Pezo von Ellrichshausen designed the pillar installation. The pillars range from about 40 cm to 4...

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SEMA 2026: How Race Car Aerodynamics Reshaped Street Car Style

- 11월 09, 2026

At SEMA 2026 in Las Vegas, modified cars borrowed the look of race cars, from widebody fenders to towering rear wings. The trend reached beyond coupes to a Mercedes-Benz E-Class sedan and compact hatchbacks. From Racetrack Shape to Street Style A widebody build widens the car so it can fit wider tires and a changed suspension layout, and it helps manage airflow around the body. A front splitter and a rear wing can create real downforce, but shape alone does not prove performance. Ride height, tire position and mounting angle all change how air and suspension behave. Lowering a car sharply also limits wheel travel over bumps. The show floor offered several approaches: a dark green E-Class (W211) with wider fenders, a purple and teal coupe with a splitter and wing, a white Liberty Walk build inspired by silhouette race cars, a gray fourth-generation Toyota Supra (A80) and a Honda Civic with its engine bay exposed. The lineage goes back to 1970s Group 5 racing, where cars like the Porsche...

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An Seyoung Beats Yamaguchi for a Record Second Straight 11-Title Season

- 11월 09, 2026

South Korea's An Seyoung (Samsung Life) won her 11th title of the season on home soil, beating Japan's Akane Yamaguchi in the Korea Open final. It was her 55th straight win, and it made her the first singles player, men's or women's, to reach 11 international titles in a season two years in a row. A Three-Game Final in Yeosu The world No. 1 faced the world No. 2 on Nov. 8 at Jinnam Gymnasium in Yeosu in the final of the BWF World Tour Korea Open, the Badminton World Federation's international tour event. An won 21-12, 15-21, 21-16. It was her third Korea Open title, her first since 2023, and it avenged a loss to Yamaguchi in last year's final. She has now beaten Yamaguchi 11 matches in a row. An controlled the first game by moving Yamaguchi around the court and varying the pace of her attacks. She then dropped a game for the first time in the tournament. In the decider, she trailed 9-10 at one point, then ran off six straight points to lead 16-9 and held on. She...

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Yuristanbek Shygaev's 'Symphony of Colors': Architecture Built from Paint

- 11월 08, 2026

Yuristanbek Shygaev's 2006 oil painting 'Symphony of Colors' packs the canvas with small cylindrical forms in white, black, yellow and red. Layers of coarse, fabric-like surface overlap them, turning a flat picture into a dense, almost sculptural structure. Repetition, Layering and Texture The cylinders are stacked horizontally and vertically at regular intervals, yet their length, thickness and color vary slightly. Horizontal stacks recall steps or bricks, while vertical clusters create movement in a different direction. Thin black lines and traces of red cut across the forms, adding irregular energy to the order. The palette centers on red, yellow, green and purple. A broad area of red and ochre sits near the middle as a warm focal point, while bright yellow stands out on the left. Purple and green backgrounds make the pale cylinders appear sharper. Thickly built-up paint and net-like grids let underlying colors show through, so the surface sits close to the border betwee...

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Sixteen Pillars on a Yangpyeong Hillside: Rethinking Architecture and Nature

- 11월 08, 2026

On a mountain slope in Yangpyeong, Gyeonggi Province, sixteen concrete pillars rise 10 meters above the ground. This is Über House at Médongaule Garden, designed by Chilean studio Pezo von Ellrichshausen, and it sits at the highest point of the garden. Médongaule Garden is a long-term project that began in 2012. It opened its Korean Garden in September 2025 and has now unveiled its Contemporary Garden, where buildings and paths draw on thinkers such as Nietzsche, Plato and the Buddha. Pillars, Slope and Shifting Views The house is built around sixteen rectangular pillars and a thick concrete slab. Its name comes from Nietzsche's concept of the Übermensch, but the building is best read through its structure rather than its title. The pillars both support the slab and define space, letting views pass between them and changing the sense of proportion depending on where you stand. The building has three levels. The lowest follows the natural slope and takes the form of an open-air amph...

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Art Collaboration Kyoto Shares Booths, but Not Every Advantage

- 11월 08, 2026

Art Collaboration Kyoto (ACK), the sixth edition of the international contemporary art fair held at Kyoto's National Kyoto International Conference Hall, runs through November 9 with 63 galleries from 18 countries and regions. Fifty-two of them take part in 'Gallery Collaborations,' where Japanese hosts share booths with galleries from abroad. Shared Booths, Unequal Starting Points Japanese galleries (25) and overseas galleries (27) formed 25 joint booths. Seoul's Gallery Hyundai and Tokyo Gallery + BTAP paired Korean artist Lee Seung-taek's 'bound stones' with works by Mono-ha artists Kishio Suga and Susumu Koshimizu, comparing how postwar East Asian art rethought sculpture. TARO NASU and Hauser & Wirth linked works by Louise Bourgeois, Jenny Holzer, Glenn Ligon and others through language. Sharing a booth, however, does not mean sharing collector relationships, which galleries build over years. Large multinational galleries and smaller newcomers also g...

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Thom Browne x Globe-Trotter: A $4,000-Class Micro Case

- 11월 08, 2026

A bag just 18.5 cm wide now carries a price tag of 5.74 million won, roughly the cost of a used car's down payment in Korea. It is the Micro Case from a collaboration between British luggage maker Globe-Trotter and American fashion label Thom Browne. Behind the price sit a 1897 heritage, hand craftsmanship in England and a design language instantly recognizable to fashion insiders. What You Get for 5.74 Million Won The Micro Case weighs 615 g including its shoulder strap. It has a black body with red, white and navy stripes, plus leather corner guards and metal fittings that shape it into a miniature travel trunk. The same collection includes a carry-on at 7.51 million won and a large check-in case at 10.41 million won. Each piece is made by hand in England, and a single suitcase takes 98 steps and about ten days to complete. Globe-Trotter has been building travel cases since 1897, and Thom Browne contributes the tailoring-inspired look that defines his brand. Fine leather finishin...

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Piaget x Warhol: What Gives an 86-Piece Watch Its Price

- 11월 07, 2026

Swiss watchmaker Piaget has capped production of its Andy Warhol Camouflage watch at 86 pieces worldwide. The official Japanese retail price is 15.2 million yen including tax. Craft, Rarity and the Price Tag The number 86 comes from 1986, the year the American pop artist Andy Warhol made his camouflage self-portrait. The watch has an 18K white gold case, 45mm by 43mm and 8.08mm thick, with a dial of 27 pieces of sodalite, turquoise, yellow gold and pink gold set using gem inlay rather than printed color. Piaget says more than 100 hours went into researching, designing and handcrafting the dial. That figure covers development, not a fixed amount of labor on each watch, so it does not directly show the cost of one piece. Inside is Piaget's in-house automatic caliber 501P1: 20.8mm wide, 3.63mm thick, beating at 28,800 vibrations per hour, with 23 jewels and a 40-hour power reserve. It shows hours and minutes only, with no complications such as a tourbillon, so the price leans on preci...

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Bottega Veneta Turns Moomin Comics Into a 119,900 Yen Wallet

- 11월 07, 2026

Bottega Veneta is putting Moomin comic panels, dialogue and all, onto leather goods for a 23-piece collaboration launching in Japan in November 2026. The small bifold wallet with black-and-white comic art starts at 119,900 yen. From Newspaper Strip to Intrecciato Leather Moomin first appeared in 1945 in 'The Moomins and the Great Flood' by Finnish author Tove Jansson. The comic strip began in 1954 in London's Evening News, reaching adult readers as well as children, and it poked fun at greed, social status and vanity. Her brother Lars Jansson joined the strip in the late 1950s and took over the drawing in 1960, and it ran until 1975. So the artwork is not the work of Tove alone. Bottega Veneta did not simply borrow Moomin's round face. It printed multi-panel comic sections, including expressions, English dialogue and panel borders, onto its woven intrecciato leather. The medium bifold wallet costs 138,600 yen, and the Large Pinacoteca tote, reversible and covered in sce...

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