'Hyper-competitive, materialistic culture': Luxury fashion fuels K-pop hierarchy

Jennie of Blackpink attends the Met Gala dressed in Chanel, an event dubbed as "fashion's biggest night out". Photo: AP

From Blackpink’s Jennie, Lisa and Rose to Seventeen’s S.Coups, K-pop stars drew global attention at Monday's Met Gala (May 5) in New York, underscoring the genre’s growing ties to luxury fashion.

Jennie, long nicknamed “Human Chanel”, appeared head-to-toe in Chanel, while Lisa turned heads in Louis Vuitton, wearing a fitted bodysuit, tailored jacket and monogrammed tights.