Thank you (Cool Korea STYLE August 2025)
I’m in actual disbelief. TRULY. I’m shocked, and here is why. In almost 14 years of publishing COOL KOREA, I have never—and I mean NEVER—EVER seen this level of insane, overwhelming, beautifully loud positivity from fans and followers worldwide. TRULY. The reaction to our August issue? You guys… it’s beyond what words can describe. Every post. Every editorial. Every single cover. The feedback has been phenomenal—and it’s only been ONE WEEK since we started teasing the content online! I'm talking HUNDREDS hundreds of private messages from readers across the globe, so so so many comments on the posts, so many emotional thank-you notes from models who feel very seen and celebrated, and constant reposts and shares from people who don’t usually say a word. IT’S CRAZY!!! So many models, agencies, photographers, stylists are reposting the photos in their profiles, in their private stories and keep tagging me ahaha I feel like I spend 8 hours a day promoting and saying thank you myself as well lol! Some of the messages? LONG. DEEP. From the heart. And I read every single one. And listen, I'm not exaggerating when I say—if you knew the people watching our stories right now??? You’d FLIP. We’re talking top-tier modeling agencies, celebrity stylists, singers, fashion editors from New York, Paris, Milan. Even people from GQ, VOGUE, HARPER’S BAZAAR—yes, my direct competitors—are checking in and send LIKES in the stories, they comment in the posts, there are editorials with 350 / 500 LIKES (real likes, not bought likes by some people in the past…) It’s WILD. I have never—and I mean NEVER—EVER seen this level of insane, overwhelming, beautifully loud positivity from supporters of COOL KOREA. To everyone who keep supporting and promoting this August issue, THANK YOU, thank you so so much from my heart. To the models and talents and photographers, agents, agencies, stylists, hair dressers, makeup artists, assistants, studios producers and every person on and off set who trusted us and help promote the magazine by giving LIKES, REPOSTING, PROMOTING the best way they know how: THANK YOU. To the ones who wrote to me to say they feel genuinely appreciated and celebrated—this is why we do what my team and I do: I have no words, this is the very reason COOL KOREA magazine exists: to give the right people the spotlight they deserve so they can blossom. 💥🧨🔥 This is more than a magazine drop—this feels like a moment. And I’m truly in awe. 💫
xoxo Bertrand