Fabulous (2022)

The Fabulous is cool

I loved it ♥️ the 8 chapters went by very quickly, I didn't even feel it, there is a story behind it and the acting of the actors was wonderful.
It's interesting, it reminds you of life situations that you can go through and the difficulties, it's nice to see how a group of friends overcomes them and they themselves have dreams, aspirations, etc. This drama gives a nice message.
I loved Minho's acting, in his latest roles he shows dedication to his work and Chae Soobin always does beautiful roles, I really liked their chemistry as a couple in this drama, they fit very well together, thanks to the director for casting them, and I heard that the model friend Yeonoh it was her first time acting, for her first acting she did excellent. I am satisfied by this drama

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Light & Refreshing

I'm not the biggest fan of the fashion industry, nor am I that interested in it, but the drama kept me engaged. I think 8 episodes was perfect - no episode felt like a filler and anything beyond 8 would have probably been unnecessary. The series opened with a failed showcase and ended with a successful one which I think was a nice touch. I enjoyed the fact that the overarching plot related to their career goals and rather not the love story. The love story felt like an enhancement of the story. Something for you to root for beyond just their careers.The side characters were funny but did not take away from the main leads.

I enjoyed Seonho's arc the most and considering the actress is firstly a model by profession I think she did an amazing job in the role.

I also really enjoyed the chemistry between Minho and Soobin's characters. I would've fleshed out their back story a bit more but the series remained enjoyable nonetheless. The actors all did a great job. I also really enjoyed the friendship between Woomin & Seonho. Probably my favourite relationship in the show beyond the romantic ones.

I did watch the series primarily because of Minho and like I said I don't have much interest in the fashion industry so I don't know how high I'd rate it on replay value but I quite enjoyed the characters and getting to know their story.

The show was also shot beautifully, you can tell that the production value was very high + the way the title cards for each episodes was shown was a very nice touch.

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Simple and Easy Watch

The Fabulous: Simple yet Over-Hyped. Don’t get me wrong, I absolutely and thoroughly enjoyed the Fabulous until it ended but only because I enjoyed seeing Chae Soo-bin and Choi Minho on a screen together. It felt like a sensory overload seeing them on one screen and as “exes”.

I’m going to be COMPLETELY HONEST. The plot of the Fabulous was more about the sexual tension between the leads than the struggles of the fashion world. Even though it was short, I skipped most of the scenes without Chae Soo-bin and Choi Minho together. Other than the scenes where Joseph and Esther were together, everything else was completely skip worthy. I would honestly just watch again for the chemistry between the leads and the pure visual of the two. I honestly wouldn’t have watched if it was anyone but these two.

The cinematography was good, the execution was good and so was the acting/casting but I genuinely think the thing that killed made the Fabulous unfabulous was the pure fact that there was no actual content. The plot was empty and there really wasn’t much going on anytime. So much time went toward the FL’s relationship status and the frustrations and her suitors and less time went into the point that the Fabulous was TRYING to preach.

If the Fabulous had spent more time on the struggles of the fashion industry instead of focusing on the romance, this drama would have been a sure fire hit. Sadly, it was missed and opportunity and misplaced potential because whoever wrote the script and the drama itself missed the mark on what points to hit the hardest and what points to keep minimal.

Again, not a horrible watch but if you want to watch this drama without hurting your expectations, just pretend thst this drama is about the leads trying to get together. That’s quite literally what it is.

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An easy-to-consume Slice of Life

It's a pretty direct slice-of-life drama that doesn't necessarily have a specific plot, but rather focuses on showing how a group of four friends, who work on the same industry, work to try and find their way up in society. It's not too big of an inspiration piece but it's a healing one that sympathizes with workers who may be feeling the same things in their own pacing and their own line of work. It's also even warmer since they subtly flash back to when they were college students, the origin of their friendship, to where they are at now. I think the biggest picture of the drama too is, as they have said, the passion the four friends have towards their line of work, and the industry they are in - the Fashion industry. While it does highlight this specific industry, I also think it's also very much applicable to other industries working people are in and the passion they have towards their kind of work. It gives credit to people behind the scenes of things that people don't normally see or appreciate. And I think it could be the same to workers behind other big movements of small and big companies they work for !! ^^

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Muchos desfiles de moda

No me termino de convencer. La vi completa igual en 3 dias porque son apenas 8 capitulos.
Romance no me convencio. Spoiler: El protagonista es su ex que corto hace 3 años y ella sale con un chico rico pero nunca muestrean mucho la interacion entre ellos. se supone que como él es rico y le interesa los numeros y ella se dedica a la moda: la ve fribola pero despues vuelve porque reconoce su trabajo. Pero cuando vuelve.. nunca parecen que fuesen novios.
Y despues, todo el tema.. de los neogocios me parece que esta mejor por ejemplo en start up.
No sé, ni el romance ni los negocios (los defiles) me convencieron demasiado.
La amiga modela rescatable. Me gusto su impronta. Decia las cosas de frente.
El amigo diseñador cumplio su sueño. :)
Y la pareja? que se yooooo..... me hubiese gustado que sea mas no se.. que jugada? :)

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«No siempre tengo un sueño. A veces tengo un sueño, pero luego cambia y encuentro otro por casualidad. Así son los sueños».

El mayor atractivo del drama es la amistad del cuarteto. No sólo se divierten juntos, se consuelan y ayudan cuando es necesario.

El argumento de la historia no tiene gran profundidad. En cada episodio se resuelve un conflicto que surge del trabajo en la industria de la moda. A mi parecer, tiene un inicio agradable, pero va decayendo. Perdí gran parte de interés por el episodio cinco.

Algunos personajes tienen más capas que otros (y hay unos que sólo son relleno), aunque ninguno se desenvuelve más allá de la superficie. Dramas más cortos consiguen mayor impacto emocional, así que no podemos culpar a la duración de esto.

Claro que no todo es negativo. Como mencioné, la dinámica grupal es lo más destacable de todo. Muestran lo bonito de tener un grupo de personas que está para darte una mano cuando estás por caer o echarte porras para cumplir tus sueños.

Recomendado sólo si quieres algo corto, simple y colorido, con un elenco hermoso.

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Where Dreams Come True

Firstly, I personally enjoyed watching. Was it the most incredible character and story development? Definitely not, but it was a story of personal growth and maturity - the true definition of a slice of life following the lives and careers of four friends in the fashion industry. An extremely chill, easy, and stress-free watch, so if you’re looking for something to wind down and not have to focus too much, this is the k-drama for you.

There are a couple of things I believe viewers need to accept or understand before watching this k-drama (which I believe are some of the reasons people didn’t like this show). Firstly, accepting that this k-drama is set in a very privileged world of fashion. There are moments you’ll find the characters are beyond privileged, but also remember in light of the stress-free environment - these main characters don’t have the usual traumatic backgrounds most k-drama main protagonists have. Secondly, “dating” is very different in South Korea. In Korea, people usually “date” and then choose to label later as boyfriend/girlfriend. You’ll see right off the bat in the first episode why this matters - they were together, but technically not together… it doesn’t really excuse what she did, but I guess at least the k-drama passes it over as if it didn’t happen and it becomes negligible in the “story”. If you can overcome these two barriers, it should be a fairly easy watch!

Overall, it was honestly a very heartwarming watch. I enjoyed watching their lives develop, seeing them achieve their dreams, and watching them support each other 100%. As many others have said, I believe their friendship was the biggest reason this show was worth watching. Without hesitation, they continuously helped each other out. Their friendships with each other were never transactional and none of them ever expected anything in return.

As what others have also said, what this k-drama lacked the most is that there was no solid storyline or plot to follow… this made the k-drama clearly show there wasn’t a strong foundation and it honestly felt like a series of events more than anything. There was nothing developing, nothing that compelled the viewer to keep watching. The only driving factor of this show was the friendship between the four main characters. This k-drama could have been definitely more, but with eight episodes this was probably the best outcome they could produce and I think it was the best outcome. They really only could do so much in terms of character development in eight k-drama episodes.

I personally enjoyed it! Was a super easy watch and I enjoyed watching this slice-of-life strong friend group in a rich privileged fashion industry setting. The casting is also just A+, casting a model to act as a model… Felt like a million dollars watching her model in a k-drama where she’s supposed to be acting… It’s legit.

I would say give it a chance! The best way to gauge if this k-drama is for you is how you feel about the pace and series of events happening in the first two episodes, just know it’ll be the same until the last. Nevertheless, I ended up binge-watching the show in one sitting.

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