{"id":44447,"date":"2022-05-13T00:13:24","date_gmt":"2022-05-12T15:13:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2022\/may\/12\/kim-dong-hyun-seoul-stylish-senior-citizens"},"modified":"2022-05-13T00:13:24","modified_gmt":"2022-05-12T15:13:24","slug":"fashion-has-no-age-the-stylish-senior-citizens-of-seoul","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/?p=44447","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Fashion has no age\u2019: the stylish senior citizens of Seoul"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kim Dong-hyun spends his days documenting the city\u2019s vibrant senior street style to provide a new perspective on ageing<\/p>\n<p>Pots and pans, piles of shirts and shoes, jewellery-laden tables, and boxes brimming with bric-a-brac. In the tangle of streets near exit 3 of Seoul\u2019s Dongmyo station, hundreds of vendors sell everything from old Instamatic cameras to books, bags and vinyl records.<\/p>\n<p>Located in the South Korean capital\u2019s historic district of Dongdaemun, Dongmyo\u2019s bustling flea market is scattered around a shrine built in honour of an ancient Chinese military commander. But there is more to the neighbourhood than bargains, vintage clothes, and retro treasures. It also serves as a cultural hub for the city\u2019s senior citizens to shop, socialise and show off their unique style.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2022\/may\/12\/kim-dong-hyun-seoul-stylish-senior-citizens\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kim Dong-hyun spends his days documenting the city\u2019s vibrant senior street style to provide a new perspective on ageingPots and pans, piles of shirts and shoes, jewellery-laden tables, and boxes brimming with bric-a-brac. In the tangle of streets near &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2929,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sns_share_botton_hide":"","vkExUnit_sns_title":"","_vk_print_noindex":"","sitemap_hide":"","_veu_custom_css":"","veu_display_promotion_alert":"","vkexunit_cta_each_option":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[91,41,71,576,78,1222,92,79,222,42],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-44447","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-art-and-design","category-asia-pacific","category-culture","category-fashion","category-life-and-style","category-older-people","category-photography","category-society","category-south-korea","category-world-news"],"veu_head_title_object":{"title":"","add_site_title":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44447","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2929"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=44447"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44447\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44448,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44447\/revisions\/44448"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=44447"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=44447"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=44447"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}