aespa member Karina’s on-stage outfit has enraged her fans once again.
While Karina’s talents are worthy of taking center stage when she is performing, on more than one occasion, unfortunately, it was her outfit that stole the attention, and not for good reasons. The aespa leader has constantly been spotted in poorly constructed, uncomfortable, or outright painful or dangerous stage costumes, leading fans to call out her stylist multiple times.
at first, i thought it was a pin so it would be easy to see but it’s actually a needle. but it’s obvious the needle was very sharp and thin
— 劉知珉 (@rinaloveyus) December 16, 2023
SAFER OUTFIT FOR KARINA#SM_Listen_To_Fan @aespa_official @SMTOWNGLOBAL pic.twitter.com/Cc4J4cSQdS
From giving Karina broken shoes to mismatched shoes to putting her in hazardous outfits she can trip on and now a needle in her dress,how can a company and stylists be so incompetent and hateful pic.twitter.com/MXmrLTsGew
— ☠️☠️ (@Galaxy_0411) November 13, 2023
During a recent live performance, she was once again seen in a dress that fans felt was not picked with enough consideration for the idol.
On October 5, aespa performed at the K-Link Festival in Incheon, South Korea. While the group was showered with praises for their dynamic performances of “Armageddon” and “Supernova,” fans couldn’t help noticing that Karina seemed to be uncomfortable in her outfit. She was dressed in a see-through, blue dress layered on top of a black tube top and a pair of safety shorts.
During the performances, the idol was seen tugging at the ends of her dress. Her dance movements also seemed to be more restricted than usual, presumably due to the very short length of the dress.
rina pulling her dress down the entire performance 🥺 wtf SM protect your artist!!! @SMTOWNGLOBAL https://t.co/h7FnmMU7Tv pic.twitter.com/kKgFH8agSA
— 🦖 (@_bluustar) October 5, 2024
The styling mishap has left fans enraged, leading them to call out SM Entertainment for repetitively subjecting Karina to similar situations.
Karina kept pulling her dress… whoever the stylist or the one suggesting the dress, we need to talk😀 pic.twitter.com/aQWItuhSMb
— fml (@ciwywfml) October 5, 2024
the dress wasn't safe enough for karina to perform, her smile completely fazed after she caught a pervert ☹️ fuck you @SMTOWNGLOBAL you will ruin everything when it comes to karina and even prevent her from doing her job pic.twitter.com/4qeL468IZ8
— 劉知珉 (@rinaloveyus) October 5, 2024
SM PROTECT KARINA
— Fezzy⭐️ #WHIPLASH (@synk_rideotos) October 5, 2024
THIS ISNT THE FIRST TIME. ITS UPSETTING HOW KARINA HAVING TO KEEP PULLING HER DRESS DOWN AND LOOK UNCOMFORTABLE THROUGH THE WHOLE PERFORMANCE. THERE’S DISGUSTING VIDEOS SHARE ONLINE. #PROTECT_KARINA@SMTOWNGLOBAL @aespa_official pic.twitter.com/CzbCwrU6v9
I’m actually so mad cuz this is not the first time that the stylist failed to give Karina a safe and comfortable outfit while performing. The way her expression changed when she noticed that weirdo filmed her, can the stylist get their shit together?pic.twitter.com/DpEgy3b05T
— Karina♡ (@ujiminphoria) October 5, 2024
Meanwhile, merely a month ago, Karina’s stylist was being called out for putting her in an uncomfortably short dress for a public event.
