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W Korea Presents Park Shin Hye as an 80’s Femme Fatale Look in August Issue

The summer of Park Shin Hye fashion pictorials continues and I’m glad this one from W Magazine is arriving towards the tail end because it’s my least favorite to date. W is high fashion in concept but this pictorial is more old-fashioned or at least it really ages up Park Shin Hye and wastes her young girlish charms. She actually looks like a very beautiful and younger version of the uber rich Gangnam mothers in Heirs, maybe if Cha Eun Sang married Kim Tan and developed really 80’s style taste in dressing. I do appreciate the attempt to showcase Park Shin Hye in a new way but she looks way better with less makeup and styling so let’s leave this look for someone else who pulls it off, like the ageless Kim Sung Ryung. I’m also not loving the hair color, I hope she does something different come fall to freshen up the look and maybe also freshen up her resume by picking a new acting project.

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  • She either looks really young for her age or she looks like woman in her forties. There is like, no in between. She should definitely diversify the roles she takes and immerse herself more into them. I’ve only liked ToH and FBND from her (and her debut Stairway ofc), those dramas were in general, gems. Doctors was okay too I guess, although not the greatest. I’d really dislike it if she ever took a high school role again. At least she seems to have some desire to try out more different roles. I really don’t feel her but I’ve got nothing against her either though.. (also, she'd look better and more mature if she didn’t keep her mouth half opened in half of her pictures)

    • I like Jung So min since " Playful kiss" and she is a good and hard working actress She just has been cast as the female lead role with Lee Min Ki in a TVN new drama. Can't wait to see her . She has chemistry with all her partners . Like Lee Joon too, sad that he is enlisting soon.

  • I like what Ms Koala has written here. I'm waiting for her next drama project also and I totally agree, smokey eyes does not suit PSH. She already has a pair of big beautiful eyes, there is no need for heavy eye make on her. All the W magazines of PSH in previous years have gone for the mature demure look, maybe it's a magazine thing.

    @prettyautumn, I think PSH is aware she previously took on many school uniforms roles. She said it in her ELLE HK interview so I'm sure she doesn't want more of those roles. I am hoping drama writers can write her a good role which can showcase all her acting abilities.

    For an actresss in her 20's, PSH has had tremendous success. I hope she can replicate it in her 30's and maybe 40's.

    • True, writers need to write good stories and characters too. Hopefully she chooses something non-school girl role so it won’t get too repetitive. If she has said that she would want to try different roles and no more school uniform, then it’s good... She has already made a name and has a legacy in Korean cinema and I can see her having a long career. Park Bo Young is another actress in her age group who I can see having a long career right at the moment. I’ll have to see if Kang Sora can do that too, but these two Parks have that star power and audience trust. Pretty rare for actresses in their twenties...

      • Kim Ji Won is rising also after Fight My Way and currently I really like Jeong So Min in My Father is Strange.

  • Could not disagree more about the photoshoot. W Korea is a high fashion magazine, they're not going to do basic girlish concepts. This photoshoot was done in Cannes when PSH was endorsing Swarovski as their brand ambassador. The concept/makeup/styling is perfect and fitting for such a high end brand and magazine.

    As for 'freshening up her resume' - She had a hit movie and hit drama just last year, less than six months ago....and early this year finished filming her movie where she is the lead along with Choi Min Sik called Silent Witness, which will be out this November. So, her acting resume is just fine...better than literally any other actress in he age group might I add.

  • Quite a lot magazine photo shots out for psh and all have diff themes and show diff vibes of her.
    Yes looking for her new project and I can feel from her recent interview that she wants to challenge herself by taking more deep roles. Go girl go....

  • Park Shin Hye is pretty but let's be honest, she is not photogenic and not really having a model-criteria (don't get me wrong, not everybody can modeled).
    She is not my fave actress but I always like her for her good girl image. I am so waiting for her next acting project and would very much like to see her in a sageuk. Since my darling LJK already taken by MCW, hopeful for her to be paired with my baby Park Hyung Sik in her next drama.

      • Good. The original Criminal Minds didn’t have romance plot between the corresponding characters. I do admit, though, that LJK and MCW have good chemistry

      • @Dilanaz Yep. I'm glad the Korean remake is sticking to the original and not pushing for romance between the two. But, I've seriously have been waiting for these two to pair up for the longest time, so I'm absolutely disappointed! T_T

    • @OMG, you wrote what i think Too. I'm not found of her photoshoots but i like her natural , kind, friendly ,..image. Like to Watch her dramas too. Even she's not my fav eitheir no one can deny her tremendous success and popularity. Her fans are very Lucky .

  • I really like the more mature looking PSH now rather than those cute earlier days.

    Still think her best chemistry in drama is with LJS.

    • For me not LJS, my fav is with krw, she has to pair up with more mature, MANLY and veteran actor which she can gain improvement of her acting. Looking forward for her new project.

      • Wow.. finally I find someone who thinks she matches older, more mature and experienced actors rather than pretty flowerboys lol. She matched well with yoon shi yoon too, but in a cute way. Or was it the drama and his character enrique.. dunno but the fact is, she was at her best when she woked with a good and mature actor

      • She's now a older woman with a certain presence and i think that older actors will be great with her! She needs someone who can match his aura.

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