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node: fashion_joseon
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title: "Fashion in the Joseon dynasty"
lead: "Under Joseon the hanbok crystallised into its classic form: the women's jeogori grew extremely short, the chima full and high on the chest, and men wore the durumagi coat and the horsehair hat, the gat."
published: 2026-07-28
updated: 2026-07-28
image_file: joseon_dynasty_fashion.jpg
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image_author: "Kim Hong-do (photo: Ismoon, CC BY-SA 4.0)"
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## Overview

A Confucian order governed dress, and a preference for white clothing earned Koreans the name "the white-clad people."

## Key garments and style

Women layered a short jeogori with a high, full chima; men wore a durumagi over baji and jeogori, with the gat when out. Officials bore an embroidered rank badge (hyungbae) on the chest and back of the robe. Ornaments such as the norigae developed, and in the 18th century the huge gache wig was restricted as extravagance.

## Transition

At the end of the 19th century, with the Korean Empire and the opening of the country, Western dress began to enter the court and officialdom.