Man’s Hanbok – Beginning

Details from a 1567 painting depicting
a social gathering of Joseon aristocrats [1]
A drawing of an outfit similar to the above detail. [1]

With the research assistance of Seong Myeong Su, I am going to make an attempt at a 16th century (Joseon: 조선) Korean man’s outfit, or hanbok (한복). My goal will be clothing appropriate for daily wear for an aristocrat or official.

The items for this outfit will include the following:

  • Jeoksam (적삼) – undershirt
  • Baji (바지) – pants
  • Beoseon (버선) – socks
  • Jikryeong/jingnyeong (직령) – coat with straight collar

Sources:

  1. Bae, Jin-Hee, Eun-Joo Lee. A Study on the Costumes of the Characters of Higyongru , Annual review in cultural heritage studies v.51 no.4 , 2018, pp.44 – 65  

Seong Myeong Su Daegam provided a large amount of research and translation help with this outfit.

Updated: November 28, 2020 — 2:37 pm