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  • Hans Holbein the Younger: portrait of Henry VIII
    dress
    / Korea

    …to wear pleated skirts (chima) and longer chŏgori, a style that was undoubtedly introduced from China. Noblewomen wore full-length chima to indicate their social standing and began gradually to shorten the chŏgori until eventually it attained its present length, just covering the breast. This style made it necessary to…

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    …to wear pleated skirts (chima) and longer chŏgori, a style that was undoubtedly introduced from China. Noblewomen wore full-length chima to indicate their social standing and began gradually to shorten the chŏgori until eventually it attained its present length, just covering the breast. This style made it necessary to…

    Read More