Stage costumes worn by Ateez to be displayed at Victoria and Albert Museum in London

K-pop

Published: 25 Jul. 2022, 11:33 Updated: 25 Jul. 2022, 16:53

Stage costumes worn by Ateez to be displayed at Victoria and Albert Museum in London

Boy band Ateez in hanbok (traditional Korean attire) for its performance in 2020. [KQ ENTERTAINMENT]

Boy band Ateez’s stage costumes will be put on display at London’s V&A Museum (Victoria and Albert Museum) as part of the “Hallyu! The Korean Wave” exhibition, KQ Entertainment said Monday.

According to the boy band’s agency, the costumes that will be put on display are hanbok (traditional Korea attire) that Ateez members wore to perform “Inception,” the lead track of their fifth EP “Zero : Fever Part.1” (2020), and the outfits they wore for the music video for “I’m The One,” the lead track of their sixth EP “Zero : Fever Part.2” (2021).

The hanbok-style costumes were designed by fashion brand C-ZANN E, which incorporates Korean motifs into everyday wear.

The V&A Museum is one of Britain’s most popular exhibition venues, welcoming 4 million visitors each year.

Boy band Ateez [KQ ENTERTAINMENT]

Ateez recently concluded its world tour “The Fellowship : Beginning of the End,” which saw the boy band perform in Seoul, the United States, Europe and Japan, meeting 180,000 fans throughout the first half of this year.

The band will release its EP “The World EP.1 : Movement” on Friday. The upcoming EP has sold over 1.1 million copies in preorders as of Sunday, becoming Ateez’s first million-seller.

BY HALEY YANG [yang.hyunjoo@joongang.co.kr]