Spring... and Hanbok

I met lots of interesting people in Korea, and one of them was a girl who was as eccentric as I am. Last fall, we decided to create what we called 'Hanbok Day'. As the name called, it was a day for wearing Hanbok. See, I have always envied cultures that had traditional clothings that they could still wear on specific occasions, or on national celebration days. In Canada, Québec, the ceinture fléchée (or assomption sash - I totally learned the English term by translating a page in English....) is the closest to what we have to a traditional type of clothing, and not only do people NOT wear it on any instance, a lot of people just do not know of its existense at all.

The assomption sash, however, is far from satisfying my need to dress up, or to feel like a princess.

Because everyone knows that it's crucial to feel like a princess.

Au fil de mes voyages, I have bought, worn, borrowed types of traditional wear from the places I've been to. I've long tried Japanese types of clothing, in festivals, for fireworks, and even for festivals in Montreal, where tons of otakus just show up once a year. I own a few yukatas, and a full kendo (japanese sword fighting) suit.

I used to like the Japanese outfit best, over the Western medieval princess dresses, but then I got to know the Korean hanbok. Ironically, none of those two outfits are made to be flattering of the womanly body, hiding its shapes by taping the breasts and, in the Japanese case, enlarging the waistline, but I grew fond of it. Now, I prefer the more subtle feminity of the attire to the in-your-face type of clothes women wore in castles a few centuries ago.

Anyways, that's another story.

The point is that I love dressing up, and there are not enough occasions for me to do so if I follow the norm.

Luckily, I don't really give a damn about norms.

So Hanbok Day was created. A day we wear a Hanbok and hang out.

Just because.

My friend moved to Japan a few weeks ago already, so we possibly had out last Hanbok Day together. I had a hard time doing her hair as usual. She has the most beautiful red hair, but wears it short, as it looks amazing on her.

A hanbok, however, it NOT made to be worn with loose hair. I'm sorry. I might be stubborn on many things that are not necessary, but hanbok with hair down is no no. It ires my soul when I see people who know nothing about it and go on like 'oh it looks so much more feminine and pretty with the hair down' thing. Gross. Yah, feminine as a ghost or a whore who didn't have the time to tie it up? Sure. Do as you want.

...sorry. I had to let it out.

Even I, who know that hair completely tied up with my amazingly huge forehead is not flattering, will tie it up.

Anyways, :3

tying it up give me the chance to add hair accessories, and it's pretty :3

Every day we have chosen to go hanbok day had a blissfully nice weather. The day before, and the day after were cold, windy, and there was rain. But after a super cold winter, Hanbok Day was a hot day I even took off my coat for a time. Sadly, it was warmer at that time in February than it is in my hometown now...

but let us not think about that.

#Spring #Hanbok #한복 #GyeongbokGoong