Dobrovits Aladár szerk.: Az Iparművészeti Múzeum Évkönyvei 5. (Budapest, 1962)

HOPP FERENC MÚZEUM - MUSÉE FERENC HOPP - Ferenczy, László: The Collection of Corean Industrial Art. A Gift of the Corean People's Democratic Republic

Fig. 6. « Rafts on the Yalu », by Kim Myung Sook. Embroidery The forms and colours of the different dresses, shaped according to the rules of feudal organization, were retained till the end of the I-dinasty. They have survived until our days. The man's and woman's nuptial attire (Figs. 3, 4.) show the traditional Corean festive garment worn in old times at official receptions and to-day at marriages. The man's dress consists of a light blue silk shirt, plumblue waistcoat and light blue wide trousers. On the front and back of the frock we see the embroideries, representing phoenixes, like in Chinese rank-insignia. The dress is complete with the characteristic black hat of the Corean nobility. The dress of the bride consists of a white silkbrocade skirt, reaching to the ground, of a yellow blouse with bordeaux-red border and decoration, a red silk-brocade coat, a long green jacket, a red silk-brocade girt with golden paint and a red binding band. The hat is of black silk, with coloured artifical flowers, beads of coral, amber, mother- of- pearl and glass, with hanging coloured tassels of silk on the sides. The woman's dress for the sword-dance consists of similar pieces, but of much brighter colours : the blouse is of green silk-brocade with bordeaux and golden border, the skirt is red, the jacket breached blue with golden paint. The girt, worn, according to old Corean custom, not on the waist but much higher, is of black silk with golden paint. The hat with broad rim is of bordeaux velvet, with coloured ribbons and pearls. The man's and woman's dress of the present age is essentially the same as that of the I-period. There are some differences in the length and colours only. Forms and colours of dressing do not depend now exclusively on tradition, but also on fashion. Its changes affect rather colours than forms, though tradition still strongly influences the combination of colours. Children's dresses are similar in form to those of adults, only their colours are brighter. Men's footgear are, for holiday attire, boots with leather sole and shoes with stag's leather border, skitted with rails. Wooden shoes with high heels are worn in rainy weather.