Korean old fashion traditional clothes

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Not much is known about Silla’s indigenous culture. It is the first of the Korean kingdoms to even have substantiable literature in Old Korean instead of Classical Chinese. Like Central Asia styling itself after Persian elites due to multiple conquests & vassal relations, East Asia was under the Sinosphere’s influence and local cultures were seen as ‘lowly’ and suppressed.

A lot of countries and ethnic groups around the world work hard to preserve their clothing traditions. In the latest years, it has become fashionable to make modern replicas of authentic garments, very close to the original look. But Koreans chose another path – they modify their traditions to the modern fashion, add contemporary accents and features to the authentic garments. So, Korean folk dress didn’t freeze in time but continued to develop and change year after year. It helped Korean…

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Drama Jamyunggo. Korean Traditonal Clothes of Goguryeo(BC37-AD668) #hanbok

Korean children dressed for their wedding, 1916.

Lynn Hanbok

▶ Yi Hae-won, who was recently restored as the new empress of Korea. By Choi Jae-youngThe crowning of Korea’s “new empress” on Sept. 29 was presented by her backers as a means to unite royal descendants spread across the country and “speak as one voice.” What it did instead was to set family members against each other as they dispute not only the line of descent but also the legitimacy of the private organization that named Yi Hae-won as e

15-16th century Korean Traditional clothes/dress #hanbok #한복