And then getting back again to hair and style - the internet is letting me down here (no slideshow??), but in this video you can see a case where GD changes his hair, not just from album to album, but multiple times in a single promotional tour: Gara Gara Go!! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m47x1YnIbFc)

I kinda of think that part of what GDragon is doing when he switches up his style is looking for a way to express his inner girl; but in a way that avoids him being actually mistaken for a girl, which would mean being taken less seriously. Of course, this is another reason girls like Big Bang: because of the sense of reversed gender roles, where the most "feminine" member is indisputably the group's dominant and dominating personality. (And meanwhile, (foreign?) guys don't even see the feminine, because "power" and "dominance" and "swagger" are so firmly masculine qualities in their minds.)

Or switching up could be a way to express a new "you" and make a new start; or it could just be what's expected of him at this point, lol. The clothes thing is a genuine obsession though: GDragon has to have something to spend all his songwriting $$$ on, and reportedly what he spends it on is high fashion, eg "walking into his room is like walking into a select shop" (says Seungri).

(TOP spends his $$$ on limited-edition toys and a swingin' bachelor pad.)