The costumes of the early Chosun Dynasty was becomming to manners and customs in those days, and have functions making distinction between higher classes and lower ones. Above those costumes, especially, the women's one is very important to debate on ...
The costumes of the early Chosun Dynasty was becomming to manners and customs in those days, and have functions making distinction between higher classes and lower ones. Above those costumes, especially, the women's one is very important to debate on traditional costumes as it keep up with the elements of custom.
The costumes of the early Chosun Dynasty can be classified as two types; the basic costumes, the courtesy and specific costumes.
The basic ones compose with choˇgori and ch'ima, besides headgears, head-decorations,. foot wears and underwears. This basic style changes in its type, material, pattern and color. The choˇgori of that era has the shape of long-length and wide width. So we can say the choˇgori was riot shortened in the time of Koryo Dynasty.
The Ch'ima have four types as follows; padded one, quilted one, two-folded one and single ch' ima Contemporary type is two-folded one and it's shape is the same as that of the early chosun Dynasty.
The courtesy costumes have functions to classify the ranks of those eras. It was one of the rest important thing to ray down courtesy costumes because of that era would be considered as courtesy society.
In this paper, I have discussed various costumes of the women's of the early Chosun Dynasty from the historical view point, with stress on the more relics of costumes of that era. I have shown various diagrams and some illustrations to help understand of that era. From these it can be observed that there were constant elements in style and structure between the basic costumes and the courtesy and specific ones. However some items of that era can be definited by this paper.