<목욜정모> October 8th, 2009. Thursday meeting's topic

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How long do women keep secrets?

For girls, sharing each other's secrets sometimes symbolizes their tight friendship. However, the secret sharing often causes a break in the bond between girl-friends over the spilling of words. So how long do women keep secrets?

Daily Online recently reported that women will typically spill a secret to someone else in roughly 47 hours and 15 minutes. The result was found by researchers who did a study on 3,000 women between the ages of 18 and 65. The research showed that four in ten women were able to keep the secret no matter how personal or confidential the news was.

According to the article, more than half admitted that alcohol helps to spill out the secrets of others, while boyfriends, husbands, best friends, and mothers were most likely to be initial recipients.

"It's official - women can't keep secrets," said Michael Cox, U.K. Director of Wines of Chile which commissioned the research. "No matter how precious the piece of information, it's often out in the public domain within 48 hours" he continued, "That means every single Brit who has confided in a friend should be worried because they don't know where their secret is heading."

"The fact they offload gossip to someone completely unrelated to the matter or in a different social group can be comforting, but while nine in ten girls deem themselves trustworthy - they still have spilt the beans," Cox said.

The study found that the average woman hears 3 pieces of gossip per week and one of the pieces is usually passed on to another person.

Daily Online said that two thirds of the women in the study claimed that they feel guilty after revealing secrets when more than half of them said that they tell secrets to others "simply get it off their chest."

QUESTIONS

1. Do you agree with “women can't keep secrets”?

2. How about man’s case?

3. Are you a great secret keeper?

4. Do you like talking behind somebody? When somebody talked behind you, how do you feel it?

Seoul Fashion Showcase Starts Next Week

                                 By Cathy Rose A. Garcia

                                 Staff Reporter

After Milan, Paris and New York, it is now Seoul's turn to be under the fashion spotlight.

A flurry of 2010 spring/summer collections will begin Monday, with the Seoul Fashion Artists Association's (SFAA) two-day Seoul Collection. The much bigger Seoul Fashion Week (SFW), organized by the Seoul Metropolitan Government and Seoul Business Agency, will run eight days from Oct. 16 to 23.

Modern Natural for Spring

The SFAA, a select group of designers, is staging its 39th Seoul Collection Oct. 12 and 13, at the EL Tower, Yangjae-dong in southern Seoul. Their overall theme for spring and summer is ``modern natural,'' with the fashion collections characterized by soft silhouettes and feminine sensibilities. The main colors will be blue, orange, green and white, and fabrics will be light and eco-friendly.

The first day of shows will feature designers Bakangchi, Jinteok, Pak Dong-jun, Rosungun, Rubina and Shin Jang-kyoung.

Bakangchi will pay homage to the punk movement of the '70s, while adding a modern British twist in the collection themed as ``punk + contemporary = puntemporary.'' On the other hand, Pak Dong-jun was inspired by the characters Christine and Raoul from ``The Phantom of the Opera,'' creating romantic and classically cut dresses, blouses and jackets.

Designers Kim Eun-hee, Kim Dong-soon, Park Jae-won, Park Youn-soo, Choi Yen-ok, Sul Yun-hyoung and Kim Chul-ung will stage their fashion shows Oct. 13.

Park Youn-soo's collection is inspired by abstract artist Kristin Baker's ``The Raft of Perseus,'' using swirling colors, geometric patterns and flowing fabrics. Sul Yun-hyoung goes for a free, easy but extremely feminine look for mini- and shirt dresses in silk, cotton and silk jersey fabrics.

Global Fashion at Seoul Fashion Week

Seoul Fashion Week not only offers eight days of runway shows by 43 top Korean designers, but also a fashion fair and a forum about global trends in the fashion industry at the Seoul Trade Exhibition Center (SETEC), Daechi-dong, southern Seoul.

As usual, menswear designers' collections will kick off fashion week. The first two days (Oct. 16 and 17) will feature designers such as Han Sang-hyuk for Mvio, Kim Seok-won for Andy & Debb Homme, Park Sung-chul for Line OR Circle, Zio Song for Songzio homme, Park Jong-chul for Slingstone and Jang Kwang-hyo for Caruso.

Women's wear designers take over starting Oct. 18, with shows by Ha Sang-beg, Cho Sung-kyong, Imseonoc and Doii Lee. Throughout the week, designers such as Hwang Jae-bock, Kwak Hyun-joo, Jeone Mi-young, Han Song, Lee Young-hee and Vack Yuunzung will take turns presenting their spring/summer collections.

Popular designers Song Jain and Gee Choon-hee, who always draw celebrities and crowds, will stage their shows on the last day (Oct.23).

Adding to the buzz about this season's fashion week is the fact that some of the hottest international designers were also invited to hold shows, Oct. 17-20.

American designer Phillip Lim, who received the 2007 Council of Fashion Designers of America Emerging Talent award, has made his 3.1 Phillip Lim brand one of the most sought after among Hollywood celebrities today.

Croatian-born designer Damir Doma is also earning rave reviews for his menswear collection. London-based Australian designer Richard Nicoll, who was named designer for Cerruti, has made a name for himself combining menswear fabrics with couture details.

The Seoul Fashion Fair displaying clothing, shoes and accessories by Korean designers and brands will also be held at the SETEC throughout the week.

A global fashion forum, with invited international guests speaking about trends in fashion, design, media, distribution and marketing, will be held Oct. 19 and 20 at the Bailey House.

Rising Korean designers will get a chance to show off their wares at the Generation Next shows and events at the Bailey House, Oct. 19 to 21.

Visit www.seoulfashionweek.org (Korean, English).

cathy@koreatimes.co.kr

QUESTIONS

1. Are you sensitive to today’s fashion trend?

2. What’s your favorite fashion style regardless of streams of times?

3. What do you think is current fashion trend’s ‘Must Have Item’?  

4. Which style do you think is a terrible fashion style for other gender?

5. Are you a conservative person in terms of fashion?  

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