She was the first Korean to appear at a pret-a porter collection in France and won numerous awards including the "Korean Designer's Award," "Golden Needle Award," "Korea Fabrics Award," and "Korean Designer's Award." Her Hanbok designs range from royal court dresses to those of commoners, monks and shamans. They are now easier to wear, wash, iron, as well as being environment-friendly and updated in style.Īmong the famous Hanbok designers there is Lee Young-hee, one of the early pioneers of Hanbok design in modern times, who contributed to familiarizing the word "Hanbok" abroad. Recently however, with widespread campaigns to revitalize Hanbok, many new designs and variations of traditional clothes are available at stores. << Mosi, or ramie cloth is used for making summer wear in Korea Hanbok these days is usually worn on special occasions like family celebrations weddings, birthdays, and so on and holidays like Seollal (Lunar New Year) and Chuseok (Harvest Season).
In the early part of the 20th century, western wear entered Korea, and during the period of rapid industrialization in the 1960s and 1970s came to to largely replace traditional attire. A man would then put on vests and "magoja," like a kind of waistcoat, followed by his durumagi for going out. The only addition is that man should tie a "daenim," a kind of string around his ankles to hold the flowing trousers there. A man should put on inner trousers first, then jeogori and beoseon next. When leaving the house, a proper woman was also required to wear a durumagi overcoat.
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On top, inner-wear, or "sok-jeogori" must come first then the full jeogori. She should then put on the chima-dress and bind them well with string. When wearing Hanbok a woman should put on inner trousers, then inner skirts first, followed by beoseon. Extra cotton would be inserted inside Hanbok to make the clothes even warmer. Again, cotton was for the commoner's clothing and silk for the rich and the aristocrats.
In winter, people wear Hanbok made of cotton or silk. Mosi was especially valued for its light texture. Sambe was for the commoners' clothes, due to its easy cultivation, and mosi for the aristocrats' clothes for the opposite reason. In summer people would wear Hanbok made of either "sambe" (hemp) or "mosi" (ramie) that both allowed air to circulate and dry any sweat. Hanbok comes in several styles: there is "dolbok" the clothing for a baby on its first birthday "gwanryebok" the clothing for the coming-of-age ceremony "hollyebok" the clothing for the wedding ceremony and "hwarot" the bridal gown "sangryebok" ( or "sangbok"), the clothing worn by the bereaved during the mourning period and "suui" the shroud worn by a corpse and finally "jeryebok" the clothing for religious services.
One on the left has durumagi, the overcoat The women wore a jeogori with two long ribbons tied to form an "otgoreum" (knot), a full length, high-waist wrap-around skirt called "chima" and"beoseon" (white cotton socks), and boat-shaped shoes. Men traditionally wore a "jeogori" (jacket), "baji" (trousers) and "durumagi" (overcoat) with a hat, belt and pair of shoes. It is divided largely into daywear and ceremonial wear, with differences between each age, gender and season.Ī Hanbok is characterized by a two-piece outfit without pockets and buttons that is closed with strings, belts or cords. Koreans weaved cloth with hemp and arrowroot and raised silkworms to produce silk. Its history dates back as far as the Three Kingdoms' Period (57 B.C. "Hanbok" is the traditional attire of Korea.
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