HAN BOK Kristen Yoonseo Cho
Traditional Headband:
Headbands are commonly worn by Koreans with beautiful accesories and colors
Goreum:
Goreum are similar to ribbons that tie the Hanbok top
Top, Jeogori:
Jeogoris are the basic upper garment of Hanbok which can be worn by both genders
Skirt, Chima:
Chima refers to skirts which are typically very high waisted.
Men’s Everyday Hanbok Before the late 19th century, yangban men, which refers to the top social class men, wore jungchimak almost everyday. Jungchimak consists of very lengthy sleeves and its lower parts splits into two sections to create a fluttering effect to the pants. Durumagi is another piece of clothing that men usually wear under Jungchimak. The differencce is that Durumagi can be replaced from Jungchimak as a more formal clothing.
Women’s Everyday Hanbok During Chosun dynasty, women used to wear skirts with fuller volume while the jeogori (top) was tightened and shortened. However, after the Japanese invasionis (1592-1598)
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Personal Project Kristen Cho
Seoul Foreign School
Q: Give us a short introduction about your Hanbok! A: The ultimate goal of this project was to design and create a Hanbok dress which is a Korean traditional clothing and display the dress using mood board and a short process video. Ever mindful of the dichotomy of my cultural background, I wanted to showcase my proud heritage through the most expressive medium I am very passionate about: fashion. Fashion has always been the object of passion throughout my life as I was mesmerized by the infinitely diverse and creative ways in which I could express myself. Through the project therefore, I wanted to delineate not only my raw passion for fashion but also the diverse, cosmopolitan and sophisticated cultural background I represent as an international school student.
Q: What was your biggest difficulty/ challenge and how did you overcome it? A: Any difficulties: The final goal of the project was highly challenging as I was an amatuer in fashion and have virtually zero experience in designing or crafting any clothes, let alone a dress. Every requisite step from the drawing board to bringing the sketches out into existence through sewing, knitting, patching, cutting, embroidering and embellishing would be something I try for the very first time, ever.
Detailed Shots
Process journal video!
Kristen Yoonseo Cho
@kristenyscho kristen.cho.23@seoulforeign.org 010-2491-5026