Han Jiyong, the visual director of DAZED KOREA posted about Choi San:
5 years ago, when I met Sani for the first time, I said, "You look like fashion character so much".
The 22-year-old San, who came up from Namhae, was much thinner and more innocent than he is now. He was training his slender physique more intensely than anyone else, gradually turning it into his own unique strength. Even back then, he was someone who worked quite hard at his work, just like he does now.
Since then, I have seen San often. Each time an album came out, he changed a little by little, and at some point, his face became more familiar as a man than a boy. His body, his facial expressions, and the way he presented himself on stage all changed.
In that process, he met Dolce & Gabbana. The reaction was enthusiastic from his very first show appearance. Honestly, it wasn't that surprising at all. Just as I said when we first met, San was someone whose character was distinct when he wore the clothes. However, I didn't know back then that it would become completely his own, just as it is now.
And in 2026, I watched ATEEZ 'BAD.' Suddenly, I thought of the San I had seen for the first time. He looked quite different from now, yet somehow, there were parts that remained the same. I, too, have come to be a part of San's first cover with Dolce & Gabbana. Something that I certainly couldn't have known five years ago.
San, Dolce & Gabbana, Dazed Fall Edition.
For this cover, I wanted to get a little closer to the person Choi San, born in 1999, rather than just San of ATEEZ. Rather than creating another intense face from the stage, I wanted to see the face that has already emerged within him.
I remember the San I first met, and I am also looking at the San of today.
People keep changing, and San will undoubtedly acquire yet another face in the future. When we meet again a few years from now, he might be a completely different person.
That is why I wanted to preserve the San of today this time.
Even when I look back on it long after it has passed.
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