The korean traditional clothes : Hanbok

The korean traditional clothes : Hanbok

Hanbok is the traditional dress of Korea. Its straight lines and slight curves are beautiful and harmony, especially women's clothes have various designs and they're really colorful.
Basically, men's consist of jeogori which is like shirts and pants, and women's consist of jeogori and skirt. And when they go out, men wore Durumagi and women wore Jangot or Sseugaechima.

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The woman in the picture (Shin Yun-bok, 年少踏靑) wears Jangot.

 

The woman in the picture (Shin Yun-bok, 月下情人) wears Sseugaechima.

 

Jangot and Sseugaechima looks similar, but they're different clothes. Jangot was the clothes which ordinary people wear and Sseugaechima was for the upper classes woman. Because of the social atmosphere due to the Confucian, woman have to wear these when they go out. However, over times, these clothes's distinction was disappeared, and women can go around without these.

Nowdays, people wear it in traditional holiday, such as New Year's Day or Chuseok (Korean Thanksgiving Day). So when people see someone who wears Hanbok in usual day, they think that he or she has something special or see them strange. But, recently, improved Hanbok for easy to living has produced a lot, as well as colorful clothes. They feel comfortable to wear and look also good.

life hanbok  (http://www.leesle.com/)

 



I think people's perception will be better .

 

Thankyou for reading...

editor, Kim su hyeon.