Korean slang profile
클린 걸
keullin geol
A beauty style emphasizing glowing skin, an even complexion, and a clean, polished image.
A beauty style emphasizing glowing skin, an even complexion, and a clean, polished image.
- Expanded form
- Not documented
- Other spellings
- 클린걸, Clean Girl
- Earliest source found
- Jun 12, 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
오늘은 색조를 덜어낸 클린 걸 메이크업을 골랐어.
Today, I chose 클린 걸 makeup with less color.
02Documented history
- 2025-06-12Vogue Korea explained clean-girl and messy-girl beauty styles alongside renewed interest in indie sleaze.[1]
03Origin & word formation
Vogue Korea’s 2025 beauty article explains it as an existing trend emphasizing a clean image and glowing skin. The meaning of the style contrasted in the article was checked, but the earliest period of popularity and who named it 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.
- 클린 걸은 나가주세요, 엉망진창 ‘메시 걸’이 옵니다 | 보그 코리아 (Vogue Korea) (보그 코리아)Published Jun 12, 2025Original source checked Nov 12, 2026