Fashion Genius Collects Stars - Chapter 79



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Episode 79 Breaking Out

Millip.

As I kept watching her videos, I kept thinking that she was both a singer and an actress.

All of her songs had a ‘story’.

She acted out the characters in the story through song.

Sometimes as a creepy woman obsessed with love. Sometimes as a nerd who has never known a man in her life. Sometimes as an ordinary woman who cries like a dog after a breakup that hurts her pride. As a superhero, as a golden miss.

Her songs capture all sorts of moods and she plays them all as if she had a thousand faces.

No, it wasn’t just acting.

Although there is dramatic exaggeration, the emotions played in her songs are heartbreaking ones that we have all felt at least once in our lives.

She expresses it in her own way.

ah…….

Is this art?

As I watched and re-watched her videos of countless transformations, I thought of Minseo as if it was inevitable.

Minseo was suffering because of a concept that did not suit her.

Minseo, who has overcome many years of hardship, has now found a concept that fits her perfectly.

Minseo, who is loved by many people.

But she is still afraid.

He’s always trembling with his ears pricked up like a scared rabbit, worried that one day people will suddenly turn their backs on him and hate him like they used to. So clearly that I can tell.

I wanted Minseo to be free too.

Like a millipede.

An artist who has a firm belief in himself and can show his various sides to the world.

If that happens, wouldn’t Minseo no longer be anxious and be able to freely express her charms?

I watched endless music videos and performances by Millie and Minsu, and kept thinking about the songs, the stories, and the visual images that expressed them.

Song. Dance. Story. Costume. Visuals… … .

Mumble, mumble, mumble.

As I thought about it, the range of videos I was looking for began to expand.

Beyond Minseo and Millip, we delve into legendary stage productions that are called legends.

In one video, Michael Jackson was seen flying in a spacesuit.

Decorating the stage like a play and adding acting was basic, and water was poured, and visual effects were created using shining cloth or creating holograms.

Among those legendary videos, there were quite a few performances by Millief.

Millief, who tells a story that fits the song perfectly through acting and amazing stage design.

therefore.

The costume I have to make is the costume that ‘that’ Millief has to wear…

Convenience of movement and cool appearance are the basics, and it also fits perfectly with the narrative of the song, as well as Millief’s character and the concept of this stage…

And then I got lost in the maze.

“shit…….”

I felt a little hungry.

A sense of crisis that something big was happening hit me like a chill all over my body.

“This… … . I’m not satisfied… … .”

After watching countless videos, my standards have only gotten higher.

I originally wanted to do better, but now I have this desire to create a masterpiece that permeates everything in the performance… … I feel like my goal has gotten further and further away.

[Starting to look at the ideal type of the character, ‘Milliph Erethicia’.]

I tried to browse my ideal type by continuously changing the conditions.

I wanted to somehow reinforce and concretize the images that were floating around in my head right now and create something that would finally bring it to fruition.

but.

[Conditions: EDM, Worldwide]

[Condition: Ballad, Worldwide]

Even if you take the music genre as a condition.

[Condition: Sadness, Europe]

[Condition: Anger, USA]

Even if you take emotional code as a condition.

[Conditions: LED, Worldwide]

[Conditions: Renaissance, Republic of Korea, Millipede Erethicia]

[Conditions: Indian Traditional Festival, USA]

[Condition: Magic Garden, China]

Even if we set conditions such as various techniques used in stage production, historical concepts, cultural concepts, or special backgrounds… … .

“No. This is not it.”

This is it. Nothing that really caught my eye appeared.

no.

I don’t just want clothes.

I want something that is both clothing and a story, and that is a stage production in itself… … .

My spine kept getting shivers.

Is this okay like this?

Objectively speaking, among the outfits I found by putting in various conditions, there were some pretty good ones.

There were two or three clothes that I thought would be worth 100 million won.

But I am not satisfied.

I wanted to leave behind something legendary that would be remembered for a long time in the history of pop music, like Michael Jackson floating into the sky in a spacesuit.

I can do that much for Millif, right?

So it was a crisis.

My eyes are set high, but I can’t see a way out of this.

condition…….

What other conditions can be met?

It seems like we’ve met all the conditions to try, but is there still more we can do?

No. You shouldn’t be caught up in such thoughts.

I kept trying to control my mind from becoming weaker.

Let’s believe.

Who else would believe it if not me?

There must be a way to take Ideal Type browsing to a higher level.

Let’s think about it.

Like breaking a stone and polishing it to create a smooth statue.

Keep on searching. Don’t stop.

At some point I lost all sense of time.

When I came to my senses, it was night, and when I raised my head again, it was morning.

– Lee Yong-won! Are you alive?

Dongwook hyung called me, worried.

– Hey. Come out. What’s the point of just staying at home? Let’s have a drink.

Baek Dong-soo called me in front of my house, but I dismissed him by telling him not to worry.

One week.

For exactly one week, I was so absorbed in Millif Erethicia that I forgot myself.

Swaaaah-

When I went into the bathroom to wash my face after a week, I burst out laughing when I saw my face in the mirror.

A messy beard. A rough, shiny face. High cheekbones that had dried out and become prominent in just a week.

Swaaaah-

I just took off my clothes and turned on the shower.

I washed away the fatigue and pain of the week with warm water and fluffy soap bubbles.

“Hehehe… … .”

While washing, I smiled.

Last week. It was a really hard and painful time, but I got through it in the end.

I have a clear idea of ​​how to create stage costumes for Millie Ereticia.

I dug so hard that I gained 4 level points for a new achievement.

I was splashed with water, and I started browsing my ideal type as naturally as I was breathing.

[Condition: A palace made of cloth. Expressing all emotions of joy, sorrow, and pleasure. Musical director. Lee Yong-won.]

The conditions that came to mind were conditions that contained the essence of my past efforts.

For this, I even studied prompt engineering.

The technology of freely extracting desired high-quality results by providing appropriate prompts to generative AI is called prompt engineering.

Of course, the ideal type of viewing I had was inevitably different from that of an AI with powers close to supernatural powers, but I was still able to gain various insights through prompt engineering.

Could it be that we can now set conditions with a little more imagination?

‘Palace made of cloth’

This was exactly the condition I had newly discovered.

It is to induce the image I imagine to appear in the ideal type browsing by setting a virtual background that does not exist in reality as a condition.

Once you have this background, the rest becomes a bit easier.

‘Expression of all emotions of joy, sorrow, and pleasure’

When these conditions are combined with the fact that the palace is made of cloth, all kinds of cloth appear in colors and textures that symbolize emotions.

And while it satisfies the eyes of musical directors who are always thinking about new and impressive stage productions, it is also the most attractive to me, Lee Yong-won, who has broadened my horizons by looking at numerous ideal types.

When all these conditions were met, I was finally satisfied with the result.

Swaaaah-

I chuckled as I let the shower water run over my head.

If I were to make what I have in mind right now a reality, there would be a lot of work to do and it would become very complicated… … . I even wondered if that was really the job of a costume designer… … .

Do it. Get it done.

“Just wait and see, Millief Eretishia. This concert. I will make it a great concert that will be remembered for a long time in the history of pop music.”

The endless kindness and trust that Millif has shown me.

Now it was my time to repay that.

* * *

First, I came up with a concept, drew it, and emailed it to Millip.

This time, the costumes I was going to create were deeply involved in the stage production, so prior consultation, coordination, and brain-cracking collaboration were essential.

There was still a long way to go, but once I sent the email, I felt a little relieved.

Since I was feeling relieved, I decided to appear on .

At that time, School Zone was also wrapping up its activities, so Minseo showed great enthusiasm.

Following Minseo, Han Min-ha and Hoshi Shizuka also decided to appear.

Surprisingly, the three of them flew to the campsite early in the morning.

Judging from the fact that they had packed their bags well, it seemed like they had really decided to go camping rather than just filming.

The three children ran around the woods around the campsite, squealing, and splashing in the stream.

By the way, Minsu and Shizuka are 19 years old this year. Minha is 18 years old this year.

They say that I’m at an age where I’ll laugh even if only fallen leaves roll by.

But these kids rolled around on their own.

The father and mother happily watched the children rolling around in the grass, taking pictures and humming songs, and they continued to feed them, practically raising them, by cutting fruit for them and making sandwiches for them.

I couldn’t handle the energy of those little kids, so I pretended to sleep while lying in the hammock, and when I felt like they were running out of energy, I got up.

Han Min-ha was listening to music under the shade of a tent, Hoshi Shizuka was reading a book while lying in a hammock, and Min-su was drinking coffee and chatting next to her mother and father.

I sat down on the camping chair next to her and asked Minsu a question in a casual tone.

“Are you wrapping up your activities and preparing for the next album now?”

“Ah! Yes. PD, are you awake?”

“huh.”

I looked at Minseo quietly while eating the apple in front of me.

“Minseo.”

“yes?”

“Is it very difficult?”

Probably there is no one who doesn’t know this.

Han Min-ha and Hoshi Shizuka, who came with us, will also know all about it.

Maybe that’s why I decided to come with Minseo.

Minseo is the type of person who basically can’t stand being a bother to others.

How much of a hurt must it have been for Minseo to receive such malicious comments during her debut, saying that she was holding back the team?

It seems like everything is okay now, but… … .

It was predictable that Minseo would be more stressed and scared than anyone else during this time when she had to organize her activities and come up with a new concept.

however.

“No, I’m fine.”

As Minseo spoke, tears welled up in her eyes and fell down.

“Huh? Why is this… … .”

Minseo also seemed flustered. As if she had no idea she would cry.

“Uh uh… … . Uh… … .”

Minseo’s tears are pouring down more and more.

Yes. Everyone knew that Minseo was having a hard time. But in fact, no one knew how much Minseo was having a hard time.

Even Minseo herself.

“Oh my… … . What should I do, it’s so pitiful.”

Mom held Minseo in her arms and stroked her back.

“Whoa… … . Whoaaaaah!”

Minsu cried as if that was a signal.

In my mother’s arms, the world is so sad.