Factory Girl (TV series)

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	chief),; Ryoo Jee-yeon (editor),; Jang Soo-young (editor),; Kim Ah-reum (editor)
Country of origin	South Korea
Original language	Korean
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	10
Production
Production locations	Seoul, South Korea,; New York City, U.S.
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	approx. 23 minutes per episode
Production company	M.net Media
Original release
Network	M.net
Release	October 8 –; December 17, 2008

Girls' Generation's Factory Girl (Korean: 소녀시대의 팩토리 걸) is a 2008 reality television show starring South Korean girl group Girls' Generation. The show revolves around the members of the group working as intern editors at Elle Girl Korea.^[1] The concept of the show was inspired by the 2006 Hollywood movie The Devil Wears Prada.^[2]

Background

Factory Girl is the Korean reality version of the movie The Devil Wears Prada, with the nine members of Girls' Generation taking on the role of fashion editors for a magazine aimed at teenagers and young adults. The director, Kim Young-chan stated that Factory Girl is "a program combining reality, trends and celebrity". The program premiered on October 8, 2008 at 6PM.^[3] The editor of Elle Girl Korea, Nam Yoon-hee, as well as other faculty, frequently appeared on the show to give the Girls' Generation members assignments and guidance.

Cast

The

Kang-in of Super Junior with whom she co-hosted MBC FM Chinhan Chingu radio show at the time. The editor noted, "On the whole, Girls' Generation has a good personal fashion sense", adding "they send a message that you can fully follow fashion trends if you just express your individual personality".^[5]

The members of Girls' Generation eventually split into two groups to compete when doing assignments, with

Sooyoung and Seohyun

in the 'B' team. In a playful discussion at the end of the first episode, the members later rename the 'A' and 'B' teams 'Candy Girls' and 'Dream Girls' respectively.