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2013
Artist/Maker
Kim Young Jin
Place of origin
South Korea

This jeogori (jacket) takes inspiration from the flared shape of a 16th-century waist-length jeogori said to have been worn by the Kim clan from Yeonan province. The historical silhouette has been exaggerated on this ensemble by contrasting the length of the front and back panel. The western black lace adds a modern twist. Breaking the formal sequence of undergarment layers of hanbok, the pleated outer-layer underskirt mujigi is used here as the innermost underskirt to create a contemporary tapered silhouette.

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read Hanbok – traditional Korean dress Simply meaning 'Korean clothes', 'hanbok' was introduced in the late 19th century by Koreans as a term to help differentiate their everyday dress from a recent influx of western-style clothing. A century later, western clothing had overtaken hanbok as the main style of dress worn by Korean...

Object details

Categories
Womenswear
Fashion
Object type
Ensemble
Parts
This object consists of 10 parts.

  • Hanbok With Yŏnan Kim Clan's Jacket
  • Hanbok With Yŏnan Kim Clan's Jacket
  • Hanbok With Yŏnan Kim Clan's Jacket
  • Hanbok With Yŏnan Kim Clan's Jacket
  • Hanbok With Yŏnan Kim Clan's Jacket
  • Hanbok With Yŏnan Kim Clan's Jacket
  • Hanbok With Yŏnan Kim Clan's Jacket
  • Hanbok With Yŏnan Kim Clan's Jacket
  • Hanbok With Yŏnan Kim Clan's Jacket
  • Hanbok With Yŏnan Kim Clan's Jacket
Brief description
Kim Young Jin, Hanbok ensemble with black lace Yeonan Kim Clan jacket and cream skirt, 2013
Dimensions
  • Fe.18 1 2015 length: 76.5cm (Note: Jacket)
  • Fe.18 1 2015 width: 160cm (Note: Jacket)
  • Fe.18 2 2015 length: 68cm (Note: Under Jacket)
  • Fe.18 2 2015 width: 156cm (Note: Underjacket)
  • Fe.18 3 2015 length: 112cm (Note: Underskirt 1)
  • Fe.18 3 2015 width: 115cm (Note: Underskirt 1)
  • Fe.18 4 2015 length: 124cm (Note: Skirt)
  • Fe.18 4 2015 width: 85cm (Note: Skirt)
  • Fe.18 5 2015 length: 131cm (Note: Underskirt 2)
  • Fe.18 5 2015 width: 75cm (Note: Underskirt 2)
  • Fe.18 6 2015 length: 86.5cm (Note: Underpants)
  • Fe.18 6 2015 width: 63cm (Note: Underpants)
  • Fe.18 7 2015 length: 33cm (Note: Sock)
  • Fe.18 7 2015 width: 16cm (Note: Sock)
Gallery label
(02/04/2019)
Traditional Korean dress, hanbok, has
continuously evolved. Its earliest form
dates to the Goguryeo kingdom (37 BC
– AD 668). The modern hanbok for
women derives from the early 20th
century and is characterised by a jacket,
jeogori, with curved sleeves worn over
an A-line floor-length skirt, chima.
With the rapid modernisation of South
Korea after the Korean War (1950–53),
western clothing gained popularity and
hanbok became reserved for formal
occasions like weddings. In recent years,
however, wearing hanbok has become
a fashion statement among a younger
generation of trendsetters.
In South Korea today, designers have
reinterpreted hanbok as both formal
and daily wear by incorporating
sophisticated silhouettes and
contemporary fabrics. Through Korean
films and governmental initiatives,
hanbok is gaining a global presence.
Credit line
Purchase funded by Samsung
Summary
This jeogori (jacket) takes inspiration from the flared shape of a 16th-century waist-length jeogori said to have been worn by the Kim clan from Yeonan province. The historical silhouette has been exaggerated on this ensemble by contrasting the length of the front and back panel. The western black lace adds a modern twist. Breaking the formal sequence of undergarment layers of hanbok, the pleated outer-layer underskirt mujigi is used here as the innermost underskirt to create a contemporary tapered silhouette.
Collection
East Asia Collection
Accession number
FE.18:1 to 10-2015

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Record createdJanuary 26, 2015
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1305319/ensemble-kim-young-jin/
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