Bon and Pon (825,000 Instagram followers) are an elderly Japanese couple who do typical old person things, like get their photos taken next to statues of nice dogs. In an age of TikTok and Instagram, the art of his ‘n’ hers has mushroomed to multiple nationalities, and generations that precede Gen Z. Young South Koreans have taken to coordinating T-shirts, colours or even specially designed outfits as a declaration of their commitment to one another the idea that a romantic pairing truly is one of two halves, and a badge of honour, according to one South Korean office worker, who told the South China Morning Post in 2013 “that we can show off that we are a couple, not one of those lonely singles.” In South Korea, where there are national holidays devoted to romance almost every month, matching up means more than a shared Tinder swipe. It is also oddly EMPERORS ROOFTOP KARAOKE □□□□□□ #findkapoor #karaoke #fashion #fyp #french #couple ♬ son original - Young Emperors This strain of maximalist photoshoot-cum-asburdist comedy sketch is incredibly European. In one memorable video, the pair take to a New York rooftop, then serenade one another with a song from Seventies French pop group Il Etait Une Fois, while wielding monochromatic Gattaca-like tote bags from South Korean label Find Kapoor. That the Young Emperors have accrued 2.7 million likes on TikTok (and almost 240,000 Instagram followers) shows that this relationship is working. It was sort of a commitment to a live performance.” When we did that, it was sort of a full commitment to this entity that became a duo: we became a team, in love, in life and in work,” says Chaput. “Yeah, we did our duo style of photography and right away, we started matching outfits. We then became friends, we started working together as fashion photographers, then we got together.” We met at school and we weren’t a couple at first. “Eight?” says Chaput, squinting, a little unsure. They wear marbled sweatshirts from designer Collina Strada. They look at ease, bathed in natural light that accentuates all their best angles (of which there are many, being young and French and all). Instagram / met at photography school eight years ago now,” says Tiberghien, Zooming in from Paris.
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