This K-Drama Is Pulling Me Out of My Sweatpants Ennui
August 20, 2021 at 07:19PM After a year-plus of wearing sweatpants almost exclusively, I am suddenly longing for a glamorous return to dressing up. And it’s all thanks to a K-drama. Grazie and kamsahamnida, Vincenzo. My elastic-waist ennui was shattered when my Netflix scrolling led me to Vincenzo (빈센조), a wildly popular K-drama about a Korean-born, Italian-raised mafia consigliere on a quest for revenge and hidden gold. I was smitten. Not only with the swoon-worthy title character, Vincenzo Cassano, played by the equally swoon-worthy Song Joong-ki (송중기), but also by the fresh take on power suiting brought to you by the most of-the-moment superstars in tailoring: Moon Choi, JayBaek Couture, Max Mara, and more. I sighed over scene after scene of pressed pleats, sharp shoulders, tailored waistcoats, and bespoke button-downs paired with gold collar pins. Even Vincenzo’s silk pajamas are achingly gorgeous -…