Fabric
Lightweight cotton-poly blend, slightly stretchy through the shoulder. Mother-of-pearl button at the goreum. No interfacing.
Daywear · Made to order
The Darae Lifestyle Blouse.
$195 to $285 · quoted in consultation
A blouse with the traditional V-front jeogori opening and a modern weekday body. Cut to layer over a t-shirt or to wear alone with a slip skirt. A mother-of-pearl button at the goreum, no interfacing.
Hanbok cut, jeans compatible.
Occasion
Saturday errands. A casual family lunch. The piece you wear when you want the Korean in the day without committing to a full set.
The story
Darae is the Korean name for a wild kiwi vine, a small everyday plant that grows on the hillsides outside Seoul. The metaphor in the name is small daily presence. The blouse takes the V-front of the jeogori and rebuilds the body around the weekday, the way a daily plant rebuilds itself in a backyard.
The cut keeps the jeogori opening at the chest. The shoulder runs slightly stretchy through a cotton-poly blend so the wearer can move. A mother-of-pearl button closes the goreum. The Seoul workshop runs no interfacing so the body reads soft. The piece can layer over a t-shirt in the morning and finish a slip skirt in the afternoon.
Worn at a Saturday market and again at a casual family lunch the next day. The blouse moves through both rooms without translation. A friend asks where the top came from. The wearer says hanbok and the friend looks again and finds the V. The morning continues on jeans and coffee.
Hand-finished in Seoul. Inspected and fitted in San Mateo.
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