Fabric
Mid-weight twill with a quiet sheen. No interfacing through the waist. Hand-tacked hem.
Daywear · Made to order
The Ain Skirt.
$215 to $305 · quoted in consultation
A slimmer chima than the Haena, built for motion first. A softer waistband that disappears under a jeogori or sits cleanly under a blouse. Modern proportions on traditional bones.
Hanbok that does not announce itself.
Occasion
A weekday family table at home. A Lunar New Year visit to the grandparents. The Sunday morning when a long sweater goes on first and the chima is the layer underneath. The occasion that calls for hanbok without announcing it.
The story
Ain is a Korean word for affection, the small kind that lives between family members at a quiet table. The chima can be loud, but the older Korean chima could also be quiet. A daily wear chima in a working household was a piece a mother put on at dawn and did not think about until evening.
This chima leans into that quiet. The body runs slimmer than the Haena, the waistband sits softer, the line through the hip stays clean. A mid-weight twill with a tonal sheen carries the silhouette without noise. The Seoul workshop runs no interfacing through the waist so the piece sits flat under a jeogori or a blouse.
Worn at a Lunar New Year visit to a parent's house. The chima walks in under a long sweater, the goreum-cut blouse coming out for the bow to the elders. After the bow the sweater goes back on. The chima has been doing the work all morning and has not asked once for credit.
Hand-finished in Seoul. Inspected and fitted in San Mateo.
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