Korean slang profile
보호 시크
boho sikeu
A fashion style that brings the free-spirited, vintage feel of bohemian style into polished everyday outfits.
A fashion style that brings the free-spirited, vintage feel of bohemian style into polished everyday outfits.
- Expanded form
- 보헤미안 시크(Bohemian Chic)보헤미안 시크 (Bohemian Chic)
- Other spellings
- 보호시크, 보헤미안 시크, 보헤미안시크, Boho Chic
- Earliest source found
- Mar 24, 2025
- Documented trend period
- Not verified
This is the earliest source we have verified, not the date the term was coined.
01Examples, with English translations
- Example by Julimmal
프릴 블라우스와 넉넉한 가디건으로 보호 시크를 연출했어.
I put together a 보호 시크 look with a frilled blouse and roomy cardigan.
02Documented history
- 2025-03-24Cosmopolitan explained the shortening of bohemian chic and introduced spring/summer 2025 styling.[1]
03Origin & word formation
Cosmopolitan defines it as a shortened form of bohemian chic and introduces it as bringing a hippie-style atmosphere into everyday fashion. Spring and summer 2025 outfit examples were checked, but when it was first named could not be established.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
The meaning and usage were checked directly in the article. Who first named it and when it was first used need separate verification.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 슬기, 태연도 했다. 2025 S/S 보호 시크 트렌드! | 코스모폴리탄 코리아 (코스모폴리탄)Published Mar 24, 2025Original source checked Nov 12, 2026