Seventeen’s Artist Made Collection Pop Up Shop

Seventeen’s Artist Made Collection pop up shop is about to come to a close at The Source in Buena Park. For fans of Seventeen, this is a great opportunity to view their favorite members’ works as well as support it, should they like the item enough. To be honest, everything was practically expensive but that’s sort of expected when it comes to the world of KPOP merchandise and in this case, it’s not just any KPOP merchandise since an artist made it. To what extent they made it is another story, though.

I was surprised to learn that the pop up shop already sold out on a couple of items. One of these items was an umbrella made by S.Coups. While the exterior of the umbrella looks rather bland, the interior of the umbrella is rather eye-catching and unique. I can see how it got sold out fast. It’s also an item that you can use long-term. If you’re wondering about the price, it was rather steep for an umbrella but S.Coups fans may think otherwise especially if they have a lot of money to spend.

Although I’ve mentioned that practically everything was expensive, there were affordable items. The first affordable item I saw was a small tote bag. It was very basic and very bland and I think it was bland on purpose because its selling point is that you can add on a Seventeen keychain that you make with an employee and it’ll automatically spruce up the tote bag.

This leads me to talking about the keychain which is basically your choice of charms and it being added onto some type of keyring and depending on how many charms you buy, it can be an affordable item to buy but it can also get pricey. I really think the charms were the cutest part of the pop up shop and it certainly helped that it was the most affordable area of the pop up shop. I’m not too sure of the process but I think you have to buy every piece, such as your desired charm(s) and the keyring that they’ll put together for you. So, if you want to go DIY by just buying a charm or two, you might be forced to buy a keyring. (Don’t take my word for it, though.)

The pop up shop also resembled a mini museum. There was an area where you could appreciate all of the artists’ works at once as well as take pictures to your heart’s content. There was also an area that contained signed messages in Korean from the artists. I’m not sure how many people caught that area because I almost missed out on that area.

They also had areas where you can watch your favorite member promoting their item or partaking in photoshoots. Overall, I think it’s a good place to cater to all types of people. You’ve got people that intentionally come to make a purchase and you have others that want to view the eye candy or the “museum” as a whole.

I actually have a shorts video of my visit to the Seventeen Artist Made Collection pop up shop, so if you’re interested, you’re more than welcome to watch it.