Modern Girl
Ensemble
2009 (made)
2009 (made)
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This ensemble revives the 18th-century hanbok silhouette of a voluminous balloon-shaped chima (skirt) counterbalanced by a slim-sleeved jeogori (jacket). It also reinstates the short and narrow goreum (jacket tie-straps) and a decorative white hyangdae (sash). Kim has refreshed the traditional outfit by using modern fabrics such as the floral Liberty print silk and emerald green organza. As its title suggests, this ensemble embodies a modernised take on hanbok, but one which is inspired by both contemporary materials and historical forms.
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| Parts | This object consists of 11 parts.
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| Title | Modern Girl (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | silk, gossamer silk, organza, cotton, rubber |
| Brief description | Kim Young Jin, 'Modern Girl' hanbok ensemble with floral jacket and emerald-green skirt, 2009 collection. |
| Physical description | Hanbok with floral 'liberty' jacket (jeogori/chŏgori, 저고리), emerald gossamer silk and organza skirt with blue bodice (chima/ch’ima, 치마), white decorative sash (hyangdae, 향대), pettycoat (dansokkot/tansokkot, 단속곳), underpants (sokbaji/sokpaji, 속바지), two pairs of white cotton socks with up-turned toe (beoseon/pŏsŏn, 버선), a pair of pink rubber shoes with up-turned toe (kkotsin,꽃신). |
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| Credit line | Purchase funded by Samsung |
| Summary | This ensemble revives the 18th-century hanbok silhouette of a voluminous balloon-shaped chima (skirt) counterbalanced by a slim-sleeved jeogori (jacket). It also reinstates the short and narrow goreum (jacket tie-straps) and a decorative white hyangdae (sash). Kim has refreshed the traditional outfit by using modern fabrics such as the floral Liberty print silk and emerald green organza. As its title suggests, this ensemble embodies a modernised take on hanbok, but one which is inspired by both contemporary materials and historical forms. |
| Bibliographic reference | Miller, Lesley Ellis, and Ana Cabrera Lafuente, with Claire Allen-Johnstone, eds. Silk: Fibre, Fabric and Fashion. London: Thames & Hudson Ltd in association with the Victoria and Albert Museum, 2021. ISBN 978-0-500-48065-6.
This object features in the publication Silk: Fibre, Fabric and Fashion (2021) |
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| Accession number | FE.17-2015 |
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| Record created | January 26, 2015 |
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