High Heels for Korean Men (깔창 - kkalchang)
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- Опубліковано 30 лис 2024
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Some men want to be taller. Korea has come up with a solution! High heels for Korean men (shoe lifts), 깔창 (kkalchang), is more common here in Korea. Check out how Korean men try to look taller!
Im korean and i really like these seoulistic videos. Well i guess some koreans dont want some stuffs to be posted cuz they think they will make negative images about korea which i dont think so. People wants to know what Real korea is like. Hope keith wont be hurt by those replies and KEEP GOING!
i don't care about my height i body build, but as i do security and im only 5.8 i need to use these buy them on ebay, make sure you wear them with boots
no not everyone wears them, and not everyday either. it's just for those guys that want (or feel like they need) to use it :)
not entirely invisible though! if youre wearing tight pants or shorts, the shape of your calf will change in the same way women's do when they wear high heels. if you know what to look for you can always tell
Good video, it seems they are really popular in Korea. Apparently Hollywood stars have worn either "shoe lifts" or "heel lifts" for quite some time. Allegedly John Wayne wore them to ensure he was the same height as taller actors (despite being over 6 foot already).
I'm a 5'11" dude living in minnesota where everyone's average height is around 6'0. I need this.
***** Because everyone wear timbs in the winter and everyone here got that 2 inches height boost.
I am tired of people thinking I am shorter than I am because they think I am wearing kkalchang. . .
well, you maybe can buy them online like the one on this video, but i made one myself, just use softwoods and shape them to lift your high, fits in your shoes and be as comfy as possible and you can put a piece of sock on top of it just so it be more comfy. but if u just starting to wear these, please go slow... cause it's not easy to walk in them without looking "heel-ed"
Dang, should have gotten that in Seoul. Will do so in March.
It wasn't rly a big deal for me when I heard about it 1st time (since I am pretty short for European) but when I saw how huge 깔창 Kwang Hee wore in We Got Married I just couldn't believe it and laugh about it for couple of minutes. But as for me it's pretty normal. Eveyone wants to look better. We girls wear make-up guys wants to look taller so they wear 깔창.
So I'm a woman 154cm (sm-)tall and I can't walk in high heels. SRSLY I tried it so often I just can't. I want those too D:
dang i wanna try that , looks cool, way more comfortable then heels
Yes in most restaurants in Korea you have to take your shoes off, it's the same in people's houses. Because the streets are really dirty so you don't want to be bringing that dirt into someone's home or where you're eating.
I never knew, actually. I found out about it because it's much more common here in Korea!
and oh.. higher than 1 inch can only work with hightops shoes, boots, or other shoes that covers your ankle... and wearing long pants is recommended
hyukkie's actual height is 176 .. which isnt THAT bad. just when he stands beside siwon or zhoumi ....
I don't know whether or not you know the youtubers Simon and Martina, but I totally read "high heels for man" in Simon's voice! XD
I wear high heels al day at work and love it
They do in some Korean Restaurants.
They've been around in America for many many years. Here we call them lifts.
Girls wear them too! HyoRin had them in her winter boots xD
Those are called lifts in the States
lifts are the carrier that brings you up and down the floors in a building
@ Piteng In the USA that would be an elevator.
In some Asian restaurants they do.
Are you Korean or American? Your english is really good!
You're supposed to use these with high tops so your heels don't constantly pop out of your shoes. They also give the same added benefit that they do to women if you wear skinny jeans: lifting your butt. Not a good idea to wear them with shorts. Also, women use these as well.
They have these in the States - they're called shoe lifts. ;)
is it all korean man use kkalchang use it everday?which mean they walk to the park, go to work or something
your about 3 inches taller thats impressive
so i know they are mainly for guys, but can girls wear them too? like in their high-tops or something?
Probably more than you know ;) I can think of a few idols at the top of my head who wears them
even daesung wears these !
:O About girls I'm not sure but men are around 1,70 a 1,80 meters. And I also know that Korea has the tallest Asians or at least from what I've heard.
This is no fair.. I live in America of course they don't sell high increase insoles, but.... They do had it online for $12... Ahhh in Korea only $4.. Yahhhh
what you mean by Suju!! they are quite tall...
i've done this for about 2 or 3 years, but only with my boots, or at least with something that covers my ankle, it's hard to walk in them, not talking about the comfyness, but having to walk in a bit different way so it doesnt look "heeled", but for sure you'll get used to them and walk flawlessly. now i can add about 2 inch + 1(boots heel) = 3 inch taller, some times i added 3 inch, but that shit hurts =.=
Or you can wear creeper-shoes. I've got creepers and they make me 4cm taller.
high top shoes more comfortable for this trick
Whenever he's in a variety show, one of the members, or someone else that's part of the cast, will somehow manage to get his shoes and take out his insoles. He's like, always wearing them haha. So this reminded me of him :]
A short kpop idol's best friend!
I believe he was born and raised in America
ppl there have to take off their shoes at restaurants?...
Anyone know where these can be found in Seoul? Asking for a friend
wouldn't it be uncomfortable while walking or running!!?? strange thing!
what is average height in Korea exactly?
oh..so if i want make look tall i will use this kkalchang ?
I know what to buy now once I get to Korea. I'm freaking 160cm..160!!! And I don't think i'm growing anymore that that..
"vertically challenged".. i LOLed half an hour straight!!!
This's really great idea
I got to know it at first at Gag Concert, Hwang Hyunhee always wear it xD
Don't you feel like your feet will fall out of your shoe when you walk? :o
That's cool because I'm pretty tall for a girl and it annoys me to be taller than most of men ;D
I didn't mean it as in he comes to mind because he's short, he comes to mind because he's always caught wearing these lol
Haha no joke the ad for this vid had the skee-lo song "I wish I was a little bit taller" lol So Keith, how tall are you? Because you look like a tall guy, but i'm not sure how much of it is your hair :P
maaaaaaaaan u r soo awsome
here in egypt its not avaliabl also iam 167 so iam tall as tall as victria fx i mad this my slf but its abit tirring
Is it hard to run on them?... They look like they might hurt...
Hmmm I may get some of these when I go to Korea next year lol
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I'm guessing anyone can wear them !! I'm 5'9 too, I wonder if I should get some LOL. It looked like they added about an inch or an inch and a half to his height, so we would become 5'10 or 5'11 !
i have a question how i can know or meet a korean guys or do you know some page or website were i can meet a cool guy???!!!
Would you tell me where can I buy 1 or 2 inches heel ?
Thanks
super junior leeteuk's favourite thing ㅋㅋㅋ
'Cause Keith totally needs it with his 6 foot something stature...
They talked about these a lot on Family Outing :P
I've heard that Korean guys in Korea look taller than the ones in America. I wonder why...
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omg taemin wears those!!
Jonghyun was all I could think of
Yeah, they're not super common - there is definitely a stigma to using shoe lifts in the States. Tom Cruise is always accused of wearing them. Lol
Omo. Kikwang comes to mind!
I know this because of JongHyun from SHINee lol
I'm pretty sure most of the k pop idols use this since height matters in Korea :3 (not stereotyping at all) If you are teenager or physically active, I don't recommend this as it might hurt your back or ankle and affect your growth plus if you use it once its like a addiction, you have to keep using it since every1 thinks the height is your actual height. 열폭하는 한국인분들 이해가ㅋㅋ...괜히찔려서 그런가? 사실 많은사람들이 깔창끼고 다른 키작은 외국인들도 쓰라고 정보주는걸 뭐그리화낼거까지야;;
I wonder if a lot of male idols wear these....
Of course they do, especially in an industry where image is everything. Don't be so naive
They do all the time. That's why sometimes you'll see Jimin looking a bit close to V or Jungkooks height.
HyunSeung wore high heels. Like proper heels that girls wear, but it was a guys shoe.
But .. In korea you take off your shoes alot what happens then . ..lol .
Can girls put these in their tennis shoes too? Wearing high heels all the time isn't that comfortable so these might be a solution for me even though I'm a girl. xD
This is hilarious!! What about when the guy takes off his shoes at a restaurant...cover blown lol!!
lol no one takes their shoes off at a restaurant...
his voice sounds good. :D
Me too. ur not alone
wouldn't that make your heel repeatedly come out of your shoe? that would bug the crap out of me if I have to walk more than a block
Actually if you had hytop shoes,,vs,,lowtops,u could use 2sets:)
nice your videos man . subscribed
Do only guys wear these??
keke reminds me of jonghyun oppa :P
Lol Jonghyun already wears them. He even complained about how Minho wears insoles with the same height as his on stage even when he's tall enough and doesn't need it
May he rest in peace.
im 6'4 at 16 but i still want to try these :D
No need for them. My height is 187cm and im 15 years old :)
This reminds me of Kim Dong Wan of Shinhwa, he was like the first one who used insoles xD I'm a girl, but as a kpop fan, i know so much about these things :D
i remember leeteuk oppa *-*
cool where can i get this.? :DD
lol... Keith, this is so funny but I guess I can kind of understand the men.. I think. We girls change our hair color, how we dress, we can change our eye color, etc.. so lets be kind to others. Peace ;D
Lol I think my future boyfriend need one of these...
VERTICALLY CHALLENGED MEN!!! ㅎㅎㅎㅎㅎㅋㅎㅋㅎㅋㅎㅋㅎㅎㅋㅎㅎㅋ
Lol, Jonghyun isn't THAT short, he just looks short compared to the other SHINee members, especially Minho haha xD
wow, that's an interesting thing! i never heard about it before.. ''high heels for man'' ahh Korea :D
Eunhyuk comes to mind, LOL
Kim Jonghyun needs to watch this. Just saying.
What about woman who are tall? Im 5'8 and what i learnt through the internet is that 5'8 is the avg. for a man so.... im a giant amazon woman xD
I knew it from suju XD
I need some of these!
If you mean their officia height I think it's a bit fake. And they openly addmito to wearing those, like here watch?feature=player_embedded&v=QBP39mo-BTw#!
I'm 6ft 3", I don't think I need these... Although, I'm not Korean but plan on visiting Korea, are Koreans actually really that short? :)
South Korea is a very image conscious society. Also, they're trying really hard to create an image of South Korea and Koreans to the rest of the world, but of course, those are just superficial goals. They're trying to get out of Japan's shadow. Everyone knows and loves Japan. South Korea has not really contributed much to the world. For example, how many Nobel Prize winners do they have? Just one and it was a former president...that doesn't even count. C'mon! Even Obama got one! If South Korea focused on contributing to the world instead of being pretentious, then they'll be known for that. Right now South Korea is just known for Kimchi and Kpop.
Randy B Contributed nothing? They have produced one of the biggest electronic brands known, Samsung. That's quite big haha.
RY3ERECHILLIN I don't believe I've said that they contributed nothing. How's that similar to Nobel Prize winners who have contributed to mankind?! BMW makes cars, Sony makes Electronics, etc, etc... Samsung is a big company and not just electronics. Trust me, I've lived in South Korea. A lot of South Korean products are just knock-offs though...from electronics to automobiles.
I just skimmed through your comment as I was busy doing something at the time so I may have misread what you commented, I apologise.
RY3ERECHILLIN Oh, that's alright. Happens all the time on youtube. Have a good one
that's good
Combine those with a pair of Air Force 1s and you'll be a giant. lol