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Korean Hair History and Making Gache

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  For centuries across all cultures, women have been altering their hair in order to make themselves beautiful. During the Three Kingdoms period and through Goryeo to early Joseon, ladies, rich and poor, would use 가체 – gache, or hair pieces, to create elaborate hairstyles (Lee 147). These pieces were so precious and expensive that some brides could not greet their… Read more »