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Hanbok!

Nam Bora in Hanbok

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Posted by Soompi on Sunday, November 29, 2015

Hanbok!

I haven't looked at the list yet but Lee Young Ae better be on it!

Who is the fairest hanbok beauty of them all?

Posted by Soompi on Thursday, November 26, 2015

Hanboks in St. Peter's Square

This Korean group performed for Pope Francis during Wednesday's General Audience

Posted by Vatican Radio - English Section on Wednesday, May 20, 2015

Hanbok Exposition

한국의 미(美)를 대표하는 미스코리아가 중국 베이징에서 열린 한중 인적교류 천만 돌파 기념 행사에 참석했습니다.

Posted by Miss Korea (미스코리아) on Monday, April 13, 2015

Hanbok!

Post by SOOMPI.com.

For the Hanbok

Post by Miss Korea (미스코리아).

There Should Be More Hanbok Photos

Post by Miss Korea (미스코리아).

Another Marriage for Chae Rim

Post by HanCinema.

Lee Yoon Ji

Post by SOOMPI.com.

Hanbok!

Post by Miss Korea (미스코리아).

Cute.

Post by Vatican Radio - English Section.

Lee Young Ae at a Cartier Event

Post by SOOMPI.com.

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From earlier last year:

AllKPop: Paradise Ranch’s Changmin & Lee Yeon Hee send their Lunar New Year’s greetings!

Chosun Ilbo: Actress Yoon Son-ha speaks after being appointed promotional ambassador for traditional Korean liquor in Seoul on Wednesday.

Hanbok links

More photos from Min Sin Hong hanboks.


Yoon Hanbok




Some of the hanbok (한복) links I've visited in the past are dead, but I found this one today... 대장금 숙현한복. (Found this link at the Seoul Essence Wedding Fair site.) And so, I went on and did a search for more links. Hrm, I can't find the blog post with the hanbok links... maybe I never put one up. Oh well, here are some:
Hanbok.com
Hanbok Guide
어서오세요, 이성자한복 입니다!
한복의 명가 예당한복에 오신걸 환영합니다!
예인한복
한복을 참 잘 만드는집! 박술녀 한복입니다!
Hanboknet.com
MJ Hanbok
한지희 한복
Kim Ye Jin
Han Young Mi
Lee Sun Young
Lee In Young
Kim Hye Soon
Han Soon Rye
Ye Ji Won
Lee Yoo Jin
Kim Yeon Ok
Park Kyung Ja
Kang Eun Suk
Lee Hwa Jin
Hanbok21
Hanbok Arts
Green Hanbok
Ami Hanbok
한복웰컴
한복의 美
한복이야기
마음으로 옷을 짓는 조은이 한복입니다
Yedan.net
우리옷 베틀한복
분당한복미인
Minihanbok
Backhanbok
OKHanbok
이하은한복에 오신 것을 환영합니다.
BHanbok
ModenHanbok
AgaHanbok
한땀한땀의 정성이 담긴 - 윤희재 한복
고려 한복학원에 오신 것을 환영합니다
강종순 한복연구실
Gae Po Hanbok
Hanbok Club
Rosa Hanbok
Hanbok Academy (alt)
JM Hanbok
Hanbok97
Doong Ji Hanbok
MS Hanbok
Lee Ga Hanbok
Welcome to 한복.com
2008 한복사랑 Festival
유경한복문화원
최고의 아동한복을 찾으셨나요? ihb 해밀아이한복입니다.
단아한 한복
예당주단한복대여 홈페이지 방문을 환영합니다.
Happy Day Hanbok (alt?)
Hanbok Study
Agawon
LentHanbok
JoenHanbok
KoreanDress
이조한복
HanbokNara
가화한복
기민형 한복
Nice Hanbok
황진이한복 - 선이 아름다운 우리의 한복
DuoWedStyle
한복 - 혼례한복 사이트 - 웨딩플래너 웨딩스 - weddings.co.kr
EZHanbok
혼수준비
한복사랑
박미정의 한복이야기
이윤순 우리한복:
행복한복대여점'"′³ο
AeHyun
IdaHanbok
Hanbok House
GB Hanbok
Gung Hanbok
Ilsan Hanbok
Soon Hanbok
IdolHanbok
KJ Hanbok
Hanbok Sarang

CI: Hanbok Tips for Chuseok

Hanbok Tips for Chuseok

One of the country’s biggest traditional holidays is upon us, and with it the question what to wear. Since the Chuseok holiday is fairly short this year from Saturday through Monday, not many may bother to dress in hanbok, traditional Korean costume, because it takes too much effort to wear it right. But Kim Ye-jin, a hanbok expert, says, “It will be a good thing to wear hanbok and reflect on the wisdom of our ancestors in today’s harsh times.” And it is better still if we have some knowledge about hanbok, like the meaning of its colors.

◆ For men, the topcoat is a must

Men’s formal attire is completed by a topcoat or durumagi over the hanbok. It has wide sleeves and openings in the back. When performing the ancestral ceremonies, it is best to wear the complete package.

◆ For women, navy skirt and pendant

Traditionally, women wore blue skirts for happy occasions and big events. The color has joyous and congratulatory connotations and is therefore just right for Chuseok. For the upper body, wear a blouse called samhoejang-jeogori whose neckband, end band of sleeve, armhole and cloth string called goreum used to tie the upper bodice of hanbok are in different colors from the main body, or banhoejang-jeogori where the neckband, end band of sleeve and goreum only are in different colors from the main body.

In the past, no woman who had not given birth to a boy was allowed to wear a purple goreum. The norigae is a pendant trinket worn by women to show off their wealth and class. How to wear it differed according to seasons, materials and size; middle-class women usually wore fabric, handkerchief and ornamental knives.

◆ For children, striped jacket and hood

Children wore a five-colored striped jacket until they were six or seven. Each color represents a point of the compass -- blue for east, white for west, red for south, black for north and yellow for the center -- and symbolizes longevity and a healthy life.

Girls wore earflaps or fur hats, and adolescent girls braided their hair and wore red pigtail ribbons until they got married. Boys wore a hood made from a single piece of fabric, and those from wealthy families had them adorned with gold. Even today, on their first birthday and on holidays, babies wear a striped jacket and hood or earflaps.

(englishnews@chosun.com )

Plus: A Guide to the Chuseok Ancestral Memorial Service
I didn't ask this last year, but are there special Chuseok liturgies?

CI: Martial Arts Gold Medalists Look Forward to Chuseok

Martial Arts Gold Medalists Look Forward to Chuseok

Choi Min-ho, judo gold medalist at the Beijing Olympics (right), and Lim Su-jeong, taekkwondo gold medalist

Judoka Choi Min-ho and taekwondo player Lim Su-jeong delighted Koreans when they won gold medals in the Beijing Olympics. The Chosun Ilbo met with the wonder boy and girl of martial arts at the Olympic Park in Songpa district, Seoul with Chuseok or Korean Thanksgiving a few days away.

Although both of them are most familiar in sportswear, they looked just as attractive in traditional Korean clothes. Top Korean costume designer Lee Young-hee, who made hanbok for the heads of state attending the G7 Conference in Busan in 2006, presented the outfits to the two. Lim changed into a dark gray skirt and dark red jacket. It wasn't easy to imagine a fighter when the hem of her long skirt delicately flowed over her flower shoes. Told that this was the same style as the hanbok actress Lee Young-ae wore at the Venice Film Festival, Lim smiled. "I'm honored,” she said. “Am I good enough to be compared with her?"

Choi says he has been meaning to buy a traditional Korean costume. “Is this really a gift?" he asked.

Chuseok was lonely in the past for both of them. Athletes are fated to fight with themselves every moment to win in contests. They have to shed tears alone to stand on the Olympics stage. There is no end to the challenges they must conquer.

Asked what he recalls about past festivals, Choi hesitated and then said, "I remember nothing other than running in the hills in my hometown of Kimcheon alone at dawn. I exercised every waking minute."

Choi once suffered from insomnia due to the stress from training. In distress, he phoned his mother and asked her to send him some sleeping pills. Within a few days, a parcel arrived. It contained no medicine but a few books and a letter. The letter said, "A pharmacist says drugs hamper physical exercise. But you fall asleep whenever you read a book, so please read these books in bed." Since then, he has never suffered from sleeplessness.

Nothing much was different with Lim Su-jeong. "Once I got so depressed that I didn't exercise during a festival and took a rest at home. Selected as a national athlete in the first year of high school, I attracted a lot of attention. But my performance was poor. I fell into a slump when the training formula didn't suit me. Because of my depression, I even had clinical treatment. During the festival then, I just wanted to be alone."

But this Chuseok is likely to be full of happy memories for both athletes. Choi, on the eve of Chuseok, will go to the Daegu Stadium, the home ground of the Samsung Lions baseball team, accompanied by people from his hometown, to throw the first ball. "The baseball team is providing us with two buses and asked me to come along with all the people from my village,” he said. “And I'm going to the baseball stadium with my friends and relatives."

Lim is taking a two-day trip with her friends. "Friends of mine who don't do sports were sorry for not being able to see me. But I was rather angry, complaining that they don't understand me. I'm sorry for them. Taking the trip together, I hope to have time for a heart-to-heart.”

Will there be any discreet dates? Lim denies having a boyfriend. But Choi confides he befriended a flight attendant after the Athens Olympics who is the sister of his friend. After several meetings, they fell in love.

Lim cites ssireum (Korean wrestling) champion and popular comedian Kang Ho-dong as her ideal future spouse. "I like an ordinary man with charisma, like Kang Ho-dong."

Upon return home with their gold medals, the two have been busy with events and TV appearances and say they are too busy to think about anything. But their joy is palpable.

Once they are through with the best Chuseok of their lives, they return to their rigorous training routines and start the long and lonely struggles for the London Olympics. They promise they will be back.

(englishnews@chosun.com )

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