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Modern Girl

Ensemble
2009 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

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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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...

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Object type
Parts
This object consists of 11 parts.

  • Floral Jacket
  • Emerald Skirt
  • Pettycoat
  • White Cotton Underpants
  • White Sock With Up-Turned Toe
  • White Sock With Up-Turned Toe
  • White Sock With Up-Turned Toe
  • White Sock With Up-Turned Toe
  • White Strap
  • Pink Rubber Shoe With Up-Turned Toe
  • Pink Rubber Shoe With Up-Turned Toe
TitleModern 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).
Dimensions
  • Fe.17 1 2015 length: 35cm (Note: Jacket)
  • Fe.17 1 2015 width: 161.5cm (Note: Jacket)
  • Fe.17 2 2015 length: 152cm (Note: Skirt)
  • Fe.17 2 2015 width: 92cm (Note: Skirt)
  • Fe.17 3 2015 length: 130cm (Note: Underskirt)
  • Fe.17 3 2015 width: 76cm (Note: Underskirt)
  • Fe.17 4 2015 length: 90cm (Note: Underpants)
  • Fe.17 4 2015 width: 68cm (Note: Underpants)
  • Fe.17 5,6,7,8 2015 length: 33cm (Note: Sock)
  • Fe.17 5,6,7,8 2015 width: 16cm (Note: Sock)
  • Fe.17 9 2015 length: 129.5cm (Note: Belt)
  • Fe.17 9 2015 width: 5cm (Note: Belt)
Style
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)
Collection
Accession number
FE.17-2015

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Record createdJanuary 26, 2015
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