Fashionable Gifts For BTS Fans
The Best BTS Fashion Presents to Give (Since Jin Is Too Hard to Gift Wrap)
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Looking for a dynamite gift for the BTS fan in your life? Please allow me, your resident PopSugar ARMY, to curate a list of my current favourite Bangtan merch for you. Whether the idol-worshipper on your "nice" list is a brand new quarantine fan or has been stanning since the Dark & Wild days, I rounded up the very best official and fan-made fashion, beauty, and tech gifts. Read on for a mic drop-worthy present.
A j-hope-Approved Bucket Hat
Bucket hats are back, thanks in part to BTS's deep love of them. Snatch upj-hope's exact Kangol version ($70) from this cutie pie selfie for the Hoseok-biased fan in your life.
Burn It Up With House of Pins
Support a woman-owned small business by shopping gorgeous, subtle Bangtan merch. House of Pins produces apparel, pins, prints, and more items that feature inside jokes and subtle BTS references that will cleverly signal other ARMYs in the wild. Prepare for the "psst! I love your pin!" nudges and whispers when you wear House of Pins's treasures, like this "bultaoreune" pin ($19) or this Moonchild Plant Shop t-shirt ($32).
A Mic Drop-Worthy Sweatshirt
This fan made merch from Rosie Katt Designs combines two of the things I love most about BTS: their airport fashion and 'Mic Drop'. The sweatshirt ($28-$30), sized up to 5XL, comes in seven different versions and illustrates each idol in one of their iconic airport fits with a casually overflowing bag of awards . . . just like those swaggering 'Mic Drop' lyrics: "Did you see my bag? Did you see my bag? It's hella trophies and it's hell thick."
Map of the Soul: 7 Silk Scarf
I think we can all agree: MOTS7 supremacy. Wear your love for the (too short) Bangtan era with this beautiful silk chiffon scarf ($25).
For Butter-Era ARMYs
Was 'Butter' the song that cemented their love for BTS? Then snap up this adorable homage to the smooth like butter single. From a Black-owned small business, Hobapins's bright and sunny cardigan ($50), sized up to 2XL, features a scalloped hem, a melting heart on the back, and the BTS logo on the arm so you can always wear your heart (aka, your love for OT7) on your sleeve.
For the Cutie, Sexy, Lovely Jimin Bias
Broadcast your love for the Prince of Busan, our cutie-sexy-lovely Park Jimin, with this soft as mochi sweatshirt from Serendipity Parade ($75).
BT21 Tailored Shirt
The BT21 characters are cartoon avatars for our favourite septuplet from Seoul. Designed by BTS themselves, Koya the sleepy koala, RJ the epicurious alpaca, Shooky the anti-milk cookie, Mang the breakdancing shy pony, Chimmy the sweet puppy, Tata the shape-shifting alien, and Cooky the buff pink bunny have their own YouTube show (with 4.8m subscribers) and merchandise line (almost) as extensive as their idol dads. We love this shirt featuring their adorable faces in an almost Liberty-like print ($37-$41), sized up to 3XL.
Blue & Grey Lovers, Unite!
AV1United has an etsy shop full of magical embroidered sweatshirts ready to make the Bangtan-obsessed ARMY in your life squeal. Our favourite is this swoon-worthy homage to 'Blue & Grey,' the hauntingly beautiful ballad from 'Be' that is almost impossible to listen to without crying.
Even better: the sweatshirt ($45) illustrates the moment ARMY was introduced to the song. Before the album had even dropped, an episode of "BTS in the SOOP aired where V strapped on an orange life vest (safety, safety!) and paddled his canoe to the middle of the lake while the yet-to-be-released single played softly in the background.
BT21 x The Crème Shop Complete Sheet Mask Collection
Get a little closer to that idol glow with BT21's sheet mask collection ($56). The kit includes 16 cruelty-free sheet masks in eight different styles.
Learn! Korean With BTS Language Kit
They say that you won't fully appreciate Kim Namjoon's razor sharp wordplay in BTS's lyrics unless you are fluent in both Korean and English. Level-up your love by learning Bangtan's native language with this four-book set ($80) that includes two sets of Hangul stickers for your keyboard and a cool speaker pen that helps you with your pronunciation.
McDonald’s Collab Mini Magnets
I'm obsessed with these teeny tiny souvenir magnets from BTS's 2021 collab with McDonald's! Unlike the McDonald's meal though, the handcrafted set ($8.25) includes a full set of seven teeny tiny photocards to swoon over.
Check out the full etsy shop for other magical miniature BTS goodies like this set of all their albums ($9) and these Ant-Man-ready soju bottles ($10.50).
V’s Favourite Tata Mic
How much will your ARMY want this bluetooth karaoke/norebang mic? Well, V wanted it badly enough to cheat at some low-stakes games for it, giving us fans a new favourite adorable moment from the honey-voiced Bangtan. His soft and sweet "Tata mic" request is forever-iconic. Of course there are seven versions of the mic ($60) in all of the BTS-designed BT21 characters.
Season’s Greetings 2022
Non-kpop fans probably won't be familiar with "season's greetings" merch. At the end of each year, idol groups produce themed sets of stationary, photos, calendars, and more for their fans to use in the new year. BTS's 2022 set ($130) is available for pre-order now and includes a photo book, desk calendar, diary, stickers, posters, postcards, photo cards, notepads, wall calendars, and more goodies.
The theme this year is glorious: villains. RM embodies a mad scientist, Jin is a hacker, SUGA portrays a gloomy pianist, j-hope dabbles in pirate-like "mystic strategy", V is the most beautiful fortune teller who ever lived, Jimin pulls off a flirty cat burglar, and Jungkook just wants you to go for a ride on his motorcycle with him.
