Designer to Stage Hanbok Musical Lee In-young Hanbok designer Lee In-young, who was in charge of wardrobe for the TV dramas "Taewangsasingi (The Four Guardian Gods of the King)" and "Jang Gil San," has written a musical that promotes the accurate way of wearing traditional Korean dress.

Lee scoured ancient texts and found that married women wore dark blue skirts with purple breast-ties and light blue shirts featuring navy blue sleeve trim. Hanbok featuring fancy embroidery on the waist signified that the wearer was a traditional entertainer or gisaeng. "The hanbok worn at a baby's first birthday had different meanings," she said. "For example, a child wore a tiger-shaped hood if his parents wanted him to become a military leader."

"Hanbok should be worn according to the time and place and the status of the wearer, but these rules are being ignored these days," Lee said. "That's why I decided to produce a musical to rectify these breaches of rules." It will be staged in August.
englishnews@chosun.com / Mar. 03, 2010 07:09 KST
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