Hanbok: Timeless Fashion Tradition (Korea Essentials Book 16) by Samuel Songhoon Lee

Hanbok: Timeless Fashion Tradition (Korea Essentials Book 16) by Samuel Songhoon Lee

Author:Samuel Songhoon Lee
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: Seoul Selection
Published: 2015-12-15T16:00:00+00:00


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Embroidered silk shoes and hwagwan (jeweled jokduri)

HANBOK FOR COMMONERS

The typical hanbok for commoners consisted of a chima, short jeogori, beoseon for women, and baji, waist-length jeogori, durumagi (outer coat), gat (horse hair-hat) and beoseon for men. Dresses were made of cotton, a plant whose cultivation was officially encouraged, the less expensive silk for winter, and hemp or ramie for summer. The winter clothes were lined and padded with a thin layer of cotton batting for the jeogori, baji, and durumagi for further warmth.

Sometimes the jeogori was quilted. Because the colors yellow, red, blue, green, and black were reserved for the ruling elite, commoners had to choose from neutral and earthy colors. Although the durumagi was basically the same style, the ones for the people were simpler in overall design and had narrower sleeves than the ceremonial robes worn by aristocrats. The durumagi began to be worn by all people regardless of class, age, or gender in 1884, when King Gojong decreed a regulation that prohibited expensive and extravagant costumes. The durumagi is still worn in various colors and materials as a part of proper hanbok attire for men and women.



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