I think it is important to set expectations before you start watching this drama. Dont expect an intelligent plot or fleshed out characters. Suspension of disbelief is also key. Instead, prepare yourself for beautiful cinematography, great outfits and excellent visuals. If you are a fan of Minho, thats probably the only way you will be able to breeze through this drama like I did. Minho's beautiful face and steamy scenes with FL is the only saving grace. I wouldn't say he is the best actor though and some of his emotional scenes are delivered in a flat monotone but he looks amazingly chiseled and his face and skin tone isn't all whitewashed - which seems to be getting increasingly rare in recent kdramas.

The storyline is all over the place and it is hard to like the characters or support the choices they make. Which is fine, not every character needs to be "likeable" but the grey areas of human characteristics need to be explored for it to be considered a good script. The FL is particularly boring and it is not clear as to what motivates or drives her. She is repeatedly described as "career driven" but the work she does is the most vapid, meaningless work there is. At one point she talks about how the basis of human existence is clothing, food and shelter and because she works in the fashion industry she is contributing towards that basic need - that reasoning alone is enough to show how stupid and superficial the script is lol. Her personal life is also a bit messy since she starts off by cheating with her bf and is fully intent on lying about it only to be dumped by her bf because he doesnt think they are a good match. Except he comes back a few episodes later, claiming he broke up with her to "test" her and actually he does like her after all. It is almost comical that the FL hesitates but starts dating him again simply because the leads cannot get together again this early into the drama. The rest of the drama is about the FL rekindling her relationship with the ML who is her ex turned friend except it is never explored as to why they broke up in the first place. Something about the ML not being very vocal about his feelings?? Except he seems to be the show not tell kind of guy and literally goes out of his way to do all sorts of chores/work stuff for the FL. It is also vaguely mentioned that the ML lacks "passion" bc he works as a photographer on a freelance/part time basis - yet he still owns an expensive looking apartment of his own but like I said, you need to suspend disbelief. Oh and another aspiring model not originally part of the main friendship/ensemble group is randomnly inserted into the drama and he starts living with the ML for some reason????? Honestly couldnt follow the plot at all. It was just messy with random people popping in and out simply to add the "com" in this romcom.

Ultimately the only thing we learn from this drama is that these people are rich, pretty and entitled. A lot of the conflict and setbacks they face are also borne out of their own impulsive actions or for silly reasons that are quickly resolved or cast aside. The other two characters are also pretty forgettable and one dimensional. The model's friendship with the ML, as a male/female friendship without any romantic subtext, was refreshing to see and had a lot of potential but was not fleshed out because much of the screen time is dedicated to the FL's nonsensical work woes. The SML (Joseph) was also reduced to a stereotypical gay designer used for comic relief.

In the end though, you know these rich pretty people will continue to breeze through life and magically get opportunities in this supposedly cut throat and competitive world of fashion. All will be fine in the end and I guess there is solace in that. Though I do wish the characters were actually worth rooting for. Still, I love Minho and his character had the whole puppy dog love down pat which was endearing to see but the object of his affection was not someone I cared for.

I am giving this a high rating because it is easy to breeze through bc of Minhoo and his chemistry with the FL. The rewatch value is also high because I will deffo go back and watch his cute scenes with FL. I also liked that the FL broke up with her bf as soon as the ML confessed and they didnt beat out the bush too much - though I think we are supposed to ignore the fact that she cheated on her BF and never told him the truth even after she got back with him. She could've chosen to tell him when he was pursuing her again and she seemed irritated by it. Anyway, I already complained about the plot so all this seems repetitive. Watch it if you can get past the cringe and the bonkers plot line. MINHO SARANGE 💗