SaekdongOt : Saekong(색동) meaning 'colorful stripes' and Ot(옷) meaning 'clothing' was worn by children from ages one to seven in the Goryeo dynasty. The stripes are usually colorful and constrasting at the sleeves of the Jeogori (upper jacket part of the hanbok) visualizing a rainbow. This symbolizes a child's pure dream.
Korean tradition, a child on his or her 1st birthday wears this costume hoping for good fortune and well being, also to tell apart the gender of the baby.
The Saekdongot in the picture was made by me for a baby girl. It's made of pure silk with mounted gold particles on the cuffs and ribbon (goreum) saying 壽福 meaning long life.
Hanbok (Korean traditional costume) is difficult to make. It uses a kind of origami method and requires a lot of hand stitching. There are loads of 'how to make hanbok' instructions online so you should try. It's very challenging but all worth it at the end :)
This piece was my take on a modernized Baeja, Korean traditional vest, with a ribbon at the waist. Fusion Hanbok (개량한복) is getting popular amongst Koreans and also foreigners. You can see many people wearing fusion hanbok on the streets and there are many online and offline shops aswell.
www.ccomaque.co.kr
www.leesle.com
www.tchaikim.co.kr
www.wayyu.co.kr
www.thegoeun.co.kr
Here are some of my favourite fusion hanbok websites. Hope you have fun browsing!
Thank you :)
