SNSD’s costumes for 2009 cost 1 billion won !!

SNSD/Girls Generation always seems to amaze us with their explosive popularity, but what adds to that fame is their outfits on stage.

In 2009, approximately 1 billion won (USD 860,000) of expenses went towards SNSD's outfits on stage.

Not only did SNSD sweep the nation with their songs 'Gee' and 'Genie,' they were also the 'Soshi fashionistas' of the year.

A representative from SM Entertainment said, “Last year, SNSD had different outfits for each performance of Gee and Tell Me Your Wish (Genie). We made seperate outfits for each member and since we got new ones for each performance, it cost around 1 billion won.”

It is expected that they will spend a lot of money on the cheerleader outfits for their new song Oh! as well.

By calculation, for every stage performance there are 9 costumes, and for 100 performances there are 900 costumes.
If each costume cost 500,000 won with 100 performances, that would come down to 450,000,000 won.
Last year SNSD performed around 200 times.

SNSD is back with 'Oh!' released at the end of January, with increasing popularity.

SNSD's new album is showing off fashion such as the cheerleader fashion as well as a romantic girlish look.
It seems that costume costs will be quite hefty for this album too.



Wow, if the outfits alone cost this much, imagine all of the other expenses SM Entertainment has to cover.





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