Lee Jin-wook’s summer magazine spreads
by javabeans
So Lee Jin-wook has a new summer photo shoot out (for Marie Claire magazine’s July issue), which is great ’cause it’s colorful and it’s Lee Jin-wook, but also terrible in that it’s terrible.
I mean, just look at those shots. They’re all greasy hair and too-short shorts and no socks and studded muscle tees, like the worst of ’80s pop met with the worst of ’90s grunginess. You know what it doesn’t make me think of? “Luxury summer vacation,” which is reportedly the shoot’s theme. (Also, making something expensive doesn’t automatically make it luxurious. Or desirable, for that matter.)
Since I can’t leave you on that unfortunate note, at least the earlier shoot he did for fashion magazine Grazia is a bit more flattering. Granted, he’s still rocking too-short cuffs and no socks, but all things considered I’m happy for the palate cleanser.
Lee Jin-wook recently wrapped up his cable drama Nine and has yet to pick a new project.
Via E Daily
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1 snow_white
June 22, 2013 at 12:08 PM
LOL :-D :-D
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Ivoire
June 22, 2013 at 1:46 PM
Yeah that, and I kind of agree with JB's comments...
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2 Mystisith
June 22, 2013 at 12:13 PM
OMG. *Bleeding eyes*. Granted, I didn't watch Nine cause it's not my thing but this gorgeous man doesn't deserve to be treated that way. Faute de goût one after the other. T.T
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Manin
June 22, 2013 at 1:01 PM
I agree with you! I didn't even recognize him at first!
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nomad
June 22, 2013 at 1:45 PM
...It's like seeing your puppy got hit in front of your eyes...these pics are horriddddd!!!
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3 Ami
June 22, 2013 at 12:13 PM
In some photos he gave me the same vibe I usually get from Gong yoo.
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Kandiboo
June 23, 2013 at 5:38 PM
except Gong Yoo is a little bit more... chiseled... and only a very tanned buff guy can kinda pull the whole 5/6 pants off well. or a Lee Min Ho with super long un-human legs.
I honestly don't get the whole pants-to-the ankle craze. I like Lee Jin-Wook, but he needs to consider hiring another stylist. The only relatively descent photo of the lot is the yellow boating outfit look, except he would look SO much better in sandals and not blue ?sneakers.
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Kandiboo
June 23, 2013 at 5:39 PM
wait, I mean the tanned buff guy with the shorts/polka dot/suit stuff and the 5/6 pants with Lee Min Ho.
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4 jules
June 22, 2013 at 12:18 PM
Why? Oh, dear God, why?
The clothes... and the photo with him squatting in short-shorts... please just make it go away. *cries*
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Ivoire
June 22, 2013 at 1:19 PM
I am with you, I was not impressed... at all, especially by that picture. It feels like a letdown. The actor himself is attractive, I am just not impressed by how they dressed him.
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Jo
June 22, 2013 at 11:35 PM
I think they are great! AS a guy, I am even finding some cool inspiration! Love the hair.
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inxomnia
June 23, 2013 at 4:41 AM
LOL even his expression is like WTF. Sigh worse concepts ever.
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5 kumi
June 22, 2013 at 12:22 PM
I think those polka dots on his pants are smilies.
:) :) :) :) :) :) :)
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gaeinalee
June 22, 2013 at 6:43 PM
LOL
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korfan
June 22, 2013 at 10:15 PM
I they they are indeed smilies! ...... oh dear ..... LOL
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6 korazylady
June 22, 2013 at 12:25 PM
I couldn't wait to see this, but OMG! I don't care how much I adore LJW, if I saw him coming over to me in that 3 piece shorts suit or the polka dot outfit, I might have to run the other way!
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Ivoire
June 22, 2013 at 12:30 PM
Hi KL :-), and coming from you, that says a lot...
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korazylady
June 22, 2013 at 12:57 PM
But I don't mind him in the Southwest Allstars shirt AT ALL! haha
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Ivoire
June 22, 2013 at 1:38 PM
Oh, that one...
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Sm
June 22, 2013 at 12:33 PM
HAHAHA
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kumi
June 22, 2013 at 2:00 PM
Love me, love my vogue.
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Mama J
June 22, 2013 at 4:13 PM
The look on his face in every photo says he wouldn't blame you.
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7 Elianne
June 22, 2013 at 12:34 PM
That fourth pic where his knees are splayed open while he's encased In those frayed denim short - shorts is truly... unfortunate.
MY EYES. THEY CANNOT UNSEE WHAT I'VE SEEN.
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Betty
June 22, 2013 at 2:17 PM
LMAO @ "where his knees are splayed open while he’s encased In those frayed denim short – shorts is truly… unfortunate."
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Quinze
June 22, 2013 at 5:24 PM
That picture is a mindf*ck.
Like I don't even KNOW where my eyes are supposed to go. :\
I know where they keep heading and it's just...what?
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Kandiboo
June 23, 2013 at 5:41 PM
although men with hairless legs are scary, how I wish he would shave in this this instance.
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8 Arhazivory
June 22, 2013 at 12:35 PM
Thanks for the Grazia pics. They were appreciated after looking at the awkward ones before.
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9 Ennayra
June 22, 2013 at 12:40 PM
I love his face, but his clothes are the horror. I watched him in Nine and fell in love with that scruffy look. Great drama!
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10 raindrops1
June 22, 2013 at 1:24 PM
Oh My. My brain can't comprehend what I just saw. Why such terrible clothes?!!!...the shorts...yikes. Maybe the person selecting the clothes needs glasses.
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11 Hawjimage
June 22, 2013 at 1:27 PM
I like it! Super fun and cute.
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12 Gidget
June 22, 2013 at 2:09 PM
Would've been a perfect fit for the late '80s in the Castro.
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13 Betty
June 22, 2013 at 2:14 PM
OMG! WTF?!!!
I thought the first picture was ok until I scrolled down and saw the short and then my mind went blank.
I didn't even recognize him at first. Those shorts... those shorts... *alarmed eyes*
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14 in times...
June 22, 2013 at 2:44 PM
Those shorts and that polka dot pant. Oh Gosh. I want to tear them apart. Even his underwear will be better than those bottom wears. But he is still handsome, that Lee Jin-wook. He can make my heart swoon. :D
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15 angryparsnip
June 22, 2013 at 2:47 PM
I am not a fan of his but Goodness, even I wouldn't do this to him. What were his people thinking ? Where they punishing him ? Where they mad ? The styling is truly awful.
The clothes are ok you should see what men's wear just showed in London. Lace body suits says it all !
That said, I had a shirt like the second photo and loved it. It was the 70's
cheers, parsnip
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16 goldeng
June 22, 2013 at 2:51 PM
why oh why I got to see that 4th picture?? :'( in most of the pictures he looks great from his waist up... I saw a B1A4 magazine spread and they made CNU were short shorts too... PLEASE BUUURNN ALL THE MAN SHORT SHORTS!! THEYRE A PLAGUE! theyre not cute! theyre not even cute in some girls lol
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anna
June 22, 2013 at 2:59 PM
Aha! Exactly what I was going to say! That 4th picture- man, way to make a beautiful man look so....not beautiful.
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17 canxi
June 22, 2013 at 3:13 PM
Lol, the denim cut offs make me laugh, but other than that, I don't really mind anything else. And I kind of dig the 3-piece suit w/shorts outfit.
Love Lee Jin Wook. :)
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18 Ann
June 22, 2013 at 3:31 PM
Those first pair of shorts look like 70's swimming trunks. I'm also not sure why a guy sticking a finger in his ear qualifies as high fashion photography.
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19 Bellamafia
June 22, 2013 at 3:36 PM
I just finished watching Nine, there is something sexy about him, dunno what it is...
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ananke
June 22, 2013 at 9:28 PM
him
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Ennayra
June 23, 2013 at 10:23 AM
total agreement
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20 Kiara
June 22, 2013 at 3:47 PM
A complete photo-shoot of WHAT NOT TO WEAR. Poor guy, learn to say no.
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21 Mar
June 22, 2013 at 4:30 PM
Wow, thanks, that just slam cracked me up.
Some of that is so retro 70's-early 80's but if it were in that time period we would have seen "the boys" in those crotch shots because those jean cut offs are too long lol.
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22 shelhass
June 22, 2013 at 4:34 PM
Dear Lee Jin-wook, I suggest you to borrow an incense stick and undo this horrid photoshoot.
For the love of all things rights, those pics are screaming "LOVE ME NOT".
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23 Noelle
June 22, 2013 at 4:56 PM
LMAO this shit is bad.
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24 houstontwin
June 22, 2013 at 5:17 PM
I remember my husband and his friends wearing really short, cordoroy shorts in the late 80's. This was in LA. It didn't seem weird at the time.
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25 nokcha
June 22, 2013 at 5:35 PM
Rayban ad? oh, and a greasy Jin Wook. Looks like a spread (hee, hee) for a different kind of magazine than a fashion mag.
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Gidget
June 23, 2013 at 11:45 AM
Agree!
On the surface, I think the shoot is just plain ol' funny. But looking deeper at the subliminal messaging just makes me plain ol' annoyed.
Marketing is messaging. Messaging is marketing.
Commercial marketing/messaging seeks to influence purchasing behavior. (Not much commercial messaging going on here.) Artistic marketing/messaging seeks to influence cultural norms and values. (And there's a whole lotta that going on.)
The styling would work for kids between 5 and 14 years old. Simply putting a handsome adult man in children's clothes could be funny or wrong, or both. But intermingling overtly sexualized shots into a montage of a handsome adult man dressed in childrens clothing shifts what the visual narrative is saying about both men and children. Men are made into children. Children are implicitly sexualized.
I think that asking us to bend normal sensibilities to find that appealing - or even acceptable - is just wrong. The only thing this shoot gets right is that the greasy hair is perfect for the greasy vibe.
We've been made accustomed to the feminization of men over the past several years. Sexualization of male children appears to be the new frontier.
On a related thread. *gives hairy eyeball to I Hear Your Voice* I've hated to post there and be the buzzkill. But there's a theme that cuts across:
We're being increasingly asked to blur/erase traditional age-related sexual boundaries. Right now it's the (high school) teen/adult boundary. That was shocking only a few years ago. Now, since we've become increasingly desensitized to it, it's easy find ourselves buying into narratives that want to take us there. But when we allow ourselves to be led down that path, we need to do so knowingly. The endgame of this activism doesn't stop at teen/adult relationships. Are you willing to go there too? Mark my words, you will if you don't draw some hard and fast boundaries... And stick with them no matter how emotionally compelling or interesting or rationalizing an artistic narrative is.
*How do I loathe thee, media activism? Let me count the ways. Way #1: you're squicky. Way #2: you're sneaky.*
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26 momosa
June 22, 2013 at 5:41 PM
I uuuh and oooh as I scroll all the way down to the last pic. There are no words for these combinations.
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27 JD
June 22, 2013 at 5:54 PM
oh god...at least he's all confidence? haha
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28 gaeinalee
June 22, 2013 at 6:42 PM
Goodness... What did the stylists do to him?
Out of these, only 2 that don't hurt my eyes... and heart. ^^
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29 anna
June 22, 2013 at 6:43 PM
omg...i love his smiles. i have had a crush on him since powerful opponents. i am so glad that he is getting so popular nowadays.
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30 apple a day
June 22, 2013 at 7:43 PM
I think the last photo is adorbs.
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31 Lilian
June 22, 2013 at 8:35 PM
Er...is this fashion? I think any of us can probably come up with better ideas for photo shoots!
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32 Yoori
June 22, 2013 at 9:00 PM
I sometimes question Korea's fashion creative director and stylist ... then again, fashion IS art.
Man is still good looking despite his awful wardrobe and hair.
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33 I_cant_stand_therain
June 22, 2013 at 9:05 PM
I was faked out by the first picture. I did not see the shorts until after I read the blurb. ...then I scrolled down and wow these photos are bad. Why make someone so good looking look so ridiculous???
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34 korfan
June 22, 2013 at 10:12 PM
Drunk-dressing ....... like drunk driving and drunk dialing ...... not a good idea no matter how you try to justify it.
I think this is what happened here, on part of the stylist(s). ...... just look at what they did to Lee Jin-wook! .... so sad.
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35 MaryAnn
June 22, 2013 at 10:49 PM
who wants to flick the forehead of his stylist in this photo shoot!
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36 SuziQ
June 22, 2013 at 11:27 PM
Yuck.. I tell my kids to go to the restroom if they have to pick their ears...and use a Q-Tip not your finger. That's a fashion shot?
Unfortunate crotch shot. .
His shorts are too short. He's got hairy knees. Cover them up please.
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korazylady
June 23, 2013 at 11:03 AM
haha. I thought the same thing! Picking ears is not sexy!
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37 frillyobject
June 23, 2013 at 1:47 AM
O.M.G~ my eyes hurts! And so is my stomach, from laughing too much especially after scrolling down the page and revealing picture after picture. The top halves of all the pictures are mostly acceptable for me, but not the bottom halves. What have they done to my Lee Jin Wook??! And those hair...please~
Despite the horrendous photos, I think I still love him. I guess this is true love. Haha~
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Nermin Badwi
June 23, 2013 at 6:17 AM
yeah, after those photo, u must be in love
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38 Nermin Badwi
June 23, 2013 at 6:13 AM
and why didn't someone stop him, did he see himself in the mirror, doesn't he have a manger, honestly if there were such as thing as killing to prevent photos from being published, i think those photo are it.
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39 hellochloe
June 23, 2013 at 6:31 AM
omg i CAN't BREAHTE
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40 sweetspring
June 23, 2013 at 6:38 AM
i loved Nine & I loveeee Lee Jin Wook!!! but i am not feelin those shorts!
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41 Melmax
June 23, 2013 at 9:07 AM
Cool
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42 Steph
June 23, 2013 at 9:51 AM
Ugh, love him, but why would they ruin such a fan specimen with those ridic shots and clothes? No. Just, no.
P.S. And fine dudes in short shorts? I want to kill it with fire.
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43 bd
June 23, 2013 at 2:42 PM
This is what you call "stylists/creative director gone wild."
LJW deserved better and his management should have stepped in and stopped this atrocity to the eyes.
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44 Jacek
June 23, 2013 at 10:52 PM
I don't care. I fell in love with this man after NINE. Saw him in I Need Romance 2 but wasn't impressed until after NINE. This man is beyond hot. His acting is terrific and with so much feels!
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Steph
June 24, 2013 at 8:48 AM
I loved him in INR2. I'm currently watching Nine and he is fab. I love the concept too.
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45 odet
June 24, 2013 at 7:50 AM
horrendous outfits for a beautiful man...
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46 antonia
June 24, 2013 at 8:20 AM
love LJW!!!!
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47 Line
June 24, 2013 at 2:52 PM
I like the no socks part, but picture nr 4 from the top just very uncharming shorts...
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48 Rosaida
June 24, 2013 at 8:55 PM
He is so handsome!! :D
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49 Khuncho
June 25, 2013 at 9:37 AM
Please don't hate my beloved idol Lee Jin Wook. It is designer's fault. Jin Wook sii, you should refuse to wear these horrible pants although they are fancies. It is ok for me but it is not ok for others, sob.. sob ..sob
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50 Neddie
June 25, 2013 at 1:27 PM
Beautiful man, but what a Ginny pig that person did a bad horrific job.
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