It is ofen said by those who know the Korean History that the Middle Era of Chosun Dynasty belongs most fluctuations and change time. In addition, we can get aware of epochal fashion change through the history of Korean Costume.
I tried to prove the ...
It is ofen said by those who know the Korean History that the Middle Era of Chosun Dynasty belongs most fluctuations and change time. In addition, we can get aware of epochal fashion change through the history of Korean Costume.
I tried to prove the elements and principle of fashion change in the Middle Era of Chosun Dynasty, so first of all I inquired into the historical change of that Era. In the first half of the Era that began in 15 to 16 Century, and the middle began in 17 to 18 century, and the last era began 19 century to present times, Each of the times has its own real meterial, so we can catch out the changing form of each times. Researching on that, there were epochal change in fashion, so we need to find out the manner and elements of fashion types. Their very magnitude dwarfs the influence which any individual can possively have exerted in an alteration of costume. One the existence of tendencies or forces transcending the limits of organically inherited personality is thus admitted, the entire field of the history of civilization becomes disputable ground for the two conflicting interpretations.
To be sure the characteristics of that fashion, I devided in three parts of dress; functional, structual and aesthetical point.
The elements of dress fashion of the Middle Era of chosun Dynasty would be part in erternal and internal factors. The external factors consist of change of climates, switching of civilization, transformation of economy and policy, formation of clique, ascension of status, dispersion of manual trade, and the internal one is psychological factors.
The principles of fashion change consists of gradually change of dress, observance of basic form, predominance of courtesy dress, change of retrogression, degeneration of unnecessary part of dress.
At any rate, no insistence on the aspects of elements and principle can find out the main reason of that era.