Spardha Chand
Kathmandu, December 29: Korean glam culture has been fastening its grip over youths all around the world .It is a country of bourgeoning fashionistas. Korean’s of all ages from all walks of life pay exacting attention to what they wear and how they look. Korean cultural products, from film to pop music to fashion trends are best received here due to their western counterparts. Korean can be called high heel capital of the world. While boys rush by jeans and jackets, girls flaunt around in high heels all seasons. While it comes to hair dressing cuts like razor, zigzag, grunge, spike and rare cut have been getting enormous attention here in Nepal as well. Beautician, Sonam ghale, feels motivated at the prospect of costumers flooding into her parlour due to Korean fashion trends catching up quick in Nepal “we have been rendering our services since the last six years. We have witnessed an admirable growth in this segment over the years. Customers flood in asking for services like facials, hair cutting, skin treatment, hair colouring and hair straightening. We use imported cosmetics from Korea”. She says.
Due to the flourishing market for Korean fashion, scores of beauty parlours have popped up all around the city. Their customers are mainly youth who generally approach the parlours with the sample of haircut they want to do, clipped out from magazine and other sources.
