Couture Korea

Download or read book Couture Korea written by Hyonjeong Kim Han and published by Asian Art Museum. This book was released on 2017-11-21 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Couture Korea highlights traditional ways of dressing and shows how contemporary haute couture is rooted in Korean tradition. Through garments including baeja (woman's vest), po (man's outerwear), and baegilbok (child's costume for the 100th-day celebration), this Korean fashion book explores how each gender dresses during different seasons, on special occasions, and according to social status. Interviews with contemporary fashion designers Jin Teok and Karl Lagerfeld and historians Minjee Kim and Cho Hyo Sook examine how historical and modern clothing design reinvigorates Korean cultural identity.