11 Of The Most Stylish Korean Actresses In Their Best Magazine Fashion Covers Ever
We could only dream of reaching 'It' girl status this big!
Korean fashion influences is a new era of style in all parts of the world. Even the biggest luxury brands in the U.S. and Europe want in on Korea's hallyu wave. The likes of Bae Suzy, Bae Doona, and Jun Ji-hyun are familiar to this set-up as they respectively bag ambassadorships from Dior, Louis Vuitton, and Alexander McQueen. Apart from the three stylish ladies, we filled the entire gallery down below with a total of 11 leading K-actresses of the same influence in the fashion and TV industry. See each of their gorgeous magazine covers as they don designer-on-designer looks from the most coveted luxury brands.
If you have time for more, make sure to check out the oppa version of this article, where we study the magazine covers of Hyun Bin, Park Seo-joon, Lee Min-ho, and more. Read up and let us know what you think!
K-Actresses in Magazines
K-Actresses in Magazines
Park Min-young for 'High Cut' Korea (February 2020)
Park Min-young’s acting range and style are astounding. She could be wearing the most rebellious pair of embellished cherry red boots or a frothy pink floral dress yet she will still look amazing either way!
Photo Credit: Photo from High Cut Korea
Park Min-young for 'Vogue' Taiwan (August 2019)
Black is still the color of elegance and Min-young is keen to prove that. Her outfits from 'Vogue' Taiwan’s August 2019 issue produced three strong black ensembles. In fact, an Instagram post from Min-young’s cover shoot last year broke the internet with likes and finger hearts.
Photo Credit: Photo from Vogue Taiwan
Park Min-young for 'Ceci' China (September 2019)
As a global ‘hallyu’ star, Min-young took the chance to front the pages of ‘Ceci’ China for their September 2019 issue with an abstract pleated dress and asymmetrical jeweled earrings.
Photo Credit: Photo from Ceci China
Song Hye-kyo for 'Vogue' Korea (October 2017)
Shot in San Francisco, California, Song Hye-kyo looked like a veiled goddess for ‘Vogue’ Korea. This issue was released a few days before the Song-Song wedding which successfully shook the tides of Korea. Although we could not get a grasp of the Song-Song romance again, we have these photos of Hye-kyo to remember their romance.
Photo Credit: Photo from Vogue Korea
Song Hye-kyo for 'W' Korea (February 2017)
Here’s Hye-kyo at the pinnacle of stylish Korean actresses where she belongs. She looked beaming for her cover with ‘W’ Korea! Need we say less?
Photo Credit: Photo from W Korea
Song Hye-kyo for 'Elle' Singapore (May 2020)
Song Hye-kyo was incredibly grateful for her fruitful career and to have graced the cover of ‘Elle’ Singapore this year. Her ambassadorship with Bottega Veneta truly came into fruition when she donned the luxury fashion house’s coveted leather goods and dresses for her editorial looks.
Photo Credit: Photo from Elle Singapore
Park So-dam for 'W' Korea (October 2020)
So-dam is blazing her own path in the fashion, TV, and film industry at her own pace and style. Her couture looks for ‘W’ Korea prove that she’s the perfect kind of extraordinary.
Photo Credit: Photo from W Korea
Park So-dam for 'Wonderland' Magazine (January 2020)
So-dam in a glittery after-party ensemble and a worn-down chain saw is a sight to see. Don’t get us wrong, she’s really made to become a stylish thriller action star!
Photo Credit: Photo from Wonderland Magazine
Park So-dam for 'Elle' Korea (February 2020)
Budding ‘hallyu’ star Park So-dam looks like a charmer in ‘Elle’ Korea’s February 2020 issue. Her white puff-sleeved dress, black knee-high boots, and Oscar-winning smile are more than enough to make it to our favorites.
Photo Credit: Photo from Elle Korea
Bae Doona for 'Dazed' Korea (April 2018)
There’s no one as bold as Bae Doona in the K-drama industry. For her cover with ‘Dazed’ Korea on April 2018, Doona left her pants and posed with just her undergarments, a polo shirt and red knee-high boots on. We love a rebellious ‘hallyu’ queen!
Photo Credit: Photo from Dazed Korea
Bae Doona for 'Elle' Korea (November 2018)
Bae Doona paved the way for the Asian wave in the U.S. after her hit-making stint with ‘Sense8’. On top of that, she’s one of the few Korean actresses to grace both global and local magazine covers for over 17 times including the time she stood side by side with Louis Vuitton’s Creative Director Nicolas Ghesquière and award-winning Hollywood actress Scarlett Johansson. Talk about overcoming fashion icon status!
Photo Credit: Photo from Elle Korea
Bae Doona for 'W' Korea (September 2020)
For her most recent cover, Bae Doona took an androgynous path as she sported head-to-toe looks from Celine for ‘W’ Korea. From power suits, satin buttondowns, gothic plaid trousers, and the emblematic Celine purses, is there anything Bae Doona can’t pull off?
Photo Credit: Photo from W Korea
Kim Hee-ae for 'Dazed' Korea (February 2018)
Looking like the Cheshire Cat straight out of ‘Alice in Wonderland’, Hee-ae bears out that she can sport just about anything and still look high-fashion. As a ‘hallyu’ queen she’s that powerful!
Photo Credit: Photo from Dazed Korea
Kim Hee-ae for 'Elle' Korea (June 2020)
Her most recent cover for ‘Elle’ Korea prepped us for the storm that came with ‘The World Of The Married’. You’d be lying if you said she didn’t look amazing with a striped strapless bandeau with rose gold jewelry.
Photo Credit: Photo from Elle Korea
Kim Hee-ae for 'Marie Claire' (June 2015)
Fingers crossed that we will bloom just as wise and stylish as Hee-ae. Her cover shoot for ‘Marie Claire’ took us back to the basics of power dressing, what we exactly need in this day and age!
Photo Credit: Photo from Marie Claire
Seo Ye-ji for 'Nylon' Korea (March 2017)
Seo Ye-ji’s modelesque frame was greatly accentuated at ‘Nylon’ Korea’s March 2017 cover photoshoot. Her long natural curly hair was the perfect touch to this relaxed ensemble.
Photo Credit: Photo from Nylon Korea
Seo Ye-ji for 'Elle' Korea (August 2018)
Our hallyu queen certainly looks like royalty in one of her outfits for the August 2018 issue of ’Elle’ Korea. Her white blazer and shorts combo is amped up with a chic polka-dotted tulle skirt. The outfit looks from this cover shoot looks so similar with her outfits from ‘IOTNBO’!
Photo Credit: Photo from Elle Korea
Seo Ye-ji for 'Singles' Korea (August 2020)
One of Ye-ji’s viral photoshoots this year is her cover shoot for ‘Singles’ Korea. Take a look at the black dress she’s wearing and how much it emphasizes her ant waist!
Photo Credit: Photo from Singles Korea
Son Ye-jin for 'Esquire' Korea (February 2018)
Son Ye-jin bares it all in ‘Esquire’ Korea’s Woman Issue for February 2018. With nothing else but a grey wool coat and a couple of silver rings, this cover shoot proves how simple yet striking Ye-jin is.
Photo Credit: Photo from Esquire Korea
Son Ye-jin for '1st Look' (May 2018)
Surrounded by light pastel tones, gold jewelry, and chic timepieces, Ye-jin stuns at ‘1st Look’ Korea’s May 2018 cover shoot. The turquoise pair of earrings that Ye-jin wore here made us look for similar pieces online, we’re guessing its the Ye-jin effect coming full circle on us!
Photo Credit: Photo from 1st Look
Son Ye-jin for 'W' Korea (October 2019)
Even with a heavy-looking leather jackets, maroon red ensembles, and purses made out of snake skin, Ye-jin still looks so pure and sweet at ‘W’ Korea’s October 2019 cover.
Photo Credit: Photo from W Korea
Bae Suzy for 'Vogue' Korea (June 2020)
Wearing fashion pieces from Dior’s Pre-Fall 2020 collection, Bae Suzy looked sensual at ‘Vogue’ Korea’s June 2020 issue. Our favorite look from this shoot has got to be her electrifying red A line dress and the outfit where she used a Dior scarf as a top paired with signet rings and a short black veil.
Photo Credit: Photo from Vogue Korea
Bae Suzy for 'W' Korea (June 2019)
Psychedelic in graphic long dress, we’re getting the ultimate '70s nostalgia from Bae Suzy’s cover shoot with ‘W’ Korea. Apart from the outrageous ensembles she wore here, we got a glimpse of her partnership with Dior as she clenches onto an oblique Dior Addict Savoir-Faire purse in one of her photos for the magazine.
Photo Credit: Photo from W Korea
Bae Suzy for 'Dazed' (May 2015)
Back when she was blazing her career as a member of Miss A, Bae Suzy fronted the issue of ‘Dazed’ Korea with a short bob and an oversized plaid suit. Who here misses her pop girl days because we know we do!
Photo Credit: Photo from Dazed Korea
IU for 'Dazed' Korea (October 2019)
This moment right here marked IU’s ‘hallyu’ queen status months after the successful release of ‘Hotel del Luna’. Her cover for ‘Dazed’ Korea on October 2019 showed her fiercest moments as a budding Gucci girl. Little did we know that she’s bound to conquer the luxury fashion house the following year.
Photo Credit: Photo from Dazed Korea
IU for 'Elle' Men China (September 2020)
IU once again made history as a powerful visual at ‘Elle’ Men China’s exclusive woman issue. Donning the celebrated Gucci Jackie 1961s with preppy plaid dresses, solid colored trousers, and florals, we think it’s safe to say that she’s reached peak Gucci girl status and she’s already going off the charts with the luxury brand.
Photo Credit: Photo from Elle Men China
IU for 'W' Korea (April 2020)
Looking for ways to style your WFH blazers and trousers once again? Take notes from IU’s cover shoot with ‘W’ Korea.
Photo Credit: Photo from W Korea
Kim Go-eun for 'Marie Claire' Korea (October 2020)
After the success of ‘The King: Eternal Monarch’, Kim Go-eun posed side-by-side with Maximus from 'The King: Eternal Monarch' for ‘Marie Claire’ Korea’s October 2020 issue. Let me get this straight, Go-eun always looks impalpable in Chanel.
Photo Credit: Photo from Marie Claire Korea
Kim Go-eun for 'Elle' Korea (December 2018)
Speaking of Go-eun in Chanel, you better look up her cover shoot for ‘Elle’ Korea to see her pure white Chanel ensembles because if you haven’t you’re missing out!
Photo Credit: Photo from Elle Korea
Kim Go-eun for 'W' Korea (March 2020)
Contrast to Go-eun’s all-white ensembles for ‘Elle’ Korea, she went ballistic with colors for ‘W’ Korea’s March 2020 issue. Sporting coats, dresses, gloves, tights, and boots in fuchsia, orange, teal, and green, Go-eun looked like a walking wall of art the entire time she was in front of the camera.
Photo Credit: Photo from W Korea
Jun Ji-hyun for 'Vogue' Korea (September 2013)
It’s no surprise that Jun Ji-hyun was able to land on the cover of Vogue Korea during the height of her career seven years ago. Ji-hyun looked timeless in an ensemble that mixes both Parisian and Korean influences in one. The larger than life hat paired with her silk and pink top is definitely the cherry on top of this look.
Photo Credit: Photo from Vogue Korea
Jun Ji-hyun for 'Elle' Hong Kong (June 2015)
Right before the release of ‘Legend of the Blue Sea’ Ji-hyun posed for ‘Elle’ Hong Kong exuding her best summer chic outfit. Ji-hyun looked like a catch in an abstract blue and tonal red dress.
Photo Credit: Photo from Elle Hong Kong
Jun Ji-hyun for 'W' Korea (August 2020)
The goddess of K-drama is back to conquer your screen time once again! Jun Ji-hyun looks drop dead gorgeous for her cover with ‘W’ Korea in time for the season 2 of ‘Kingdom’ scheduled for release early next year. We're already at the edge of our seats!
Photo Credit: Photo from W Korea
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