When I was young, I used to wear Korean traditional costume called Hanbok in particular national holidays such as Lunar New Years day and Thanks Giving day as a celebration. Hanbok is divided two sections; a short waist top with long sleeves(Jeogori), nicely lined long skirt(Chima). Also it made out of tactile fabric such as silk, linen by traditional methods which might be required pricey budget for purchasing depending on its quality. Thereby, even though the clothes were uncomfortable and snobbish to wear for a child, it brings meaningful and memorable memories for me whenever I remind of Hanbok.

However, in the past, many of Korean tended to perceive Hanbok as old-fashioned, unpractical and useless stuff regardless of its sophistication, long history and potential ability to be applicable into modern clothes. I cannot exactly remember the reason that I wanted to wear Hanbok day by day but probably because I would like to be filled with nostalgia and happiness of my childhood in order to protect myself from loneliness as well as was sick of general trend of clothes at that time. Nowadays, fortunately Korean begin to acknowledge the beauty of the traditional costume after several brand which design modernized Hanbok have appeared during the decade and become one of main stream in korean fashion industry. Nevertheless, a few problems which could not solve despite of emerge of modernized Hanbok are still existed in my viewpoint.

 Firstly, Hanbok which are produced these days are majorly targeted women not children or men which is one of the reason that most of modern hanbok is likely to focus on feminine style. Thus this cause lack of diversity design of hanbok in terms of sexuality and age variation. Besides in my opinion, it seems like women should wear Hanbok with skirt together which I am not a big fan of. Since it is simply inconvenient for me who frequently do dynamic activities as well as I would like to match it to my daily clothes (of course, there are unisex Hanbok recently yet it is not as well designed as Hanbok for women.) Most of all, the big issue is its expensive price. As I said that modern Hanbok is mainly for women around age 20 `~ 30, the overall price of it is from £180 to £300 which is not obviously decent for teenagers or students. Although many of modern Hanbok brands release their own design of the clothes with high quality, it is fact that options for general students are quite limited.

Therefore I decided to create my own Hanbok as I stress out of those issues. I investigated Hanbok encyclopedia to research history and transformation of the costume as well as gathered references of the way of clothing of people ,especially young generation in contemporary society. After I finish research I sketched Hanbok Jegori based on the concept of unisex jacket that wear with dress shirts or knit together. Once I chose the several ideas I asked some feedbacks from my friends in my age and experts who really work as a Hanbok craftman. As I got various feedbacks in relation to shape, preference and modified a few parts of my design, I made patterns and samples of it which looks successful, and wear it in daily routine. Although there are a few consideration such as range of budget, textile and so forth, I enjoyed this project as I met professionals in Hanbok industry and many of my acquaintances participated in it to support me.