Korean slang profile
모즈룩
mojeuruk
Close-fitting fashion
Clothing emphasizing a close-fitting silhouette.
- Expanded form
- Not documented
- Other spellings
- 모즈 룩
- Earliest source found
- Sep 2, 1998
- 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
옛 패션 기사는 몸에 맞는 모즈룩과 넉넉한 이지룩을 대비했다.
The old fashion article contrasted fitted 모즈룩 with loose 이지룩.
02Documented history
- 1998The newspaper of the time introduced the close-fitting 모즈룩 as a trend of the previous year.[1]
03Origin & word formation
The spelling 모즈룩 and its explanation as a close-fitting style were checked in an original 1998 동아일보 article. The checked article’s date is recorded; this does not mean the expression first appeared that year.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
The original contrasts the previous year’s 모즈룩 with a loose 이지룩 expected to become popular. This entry is limited to the silhouette feature checked in that article; historical origins, the first coiner, and current range of use were not verified.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 패션/30대 남성 정장: 편안한 이지룩 강세 (동아일보)Published Sep 2, 1998Original source checked Nov 15, 2026