Fabric
Silk cord throughout, hand-knotted. Tassel finished short for daily wear.
Accessory · Made to order
The Danmikkot Knot Norigae.
$95 to $175 · quoted in consultation
Danmikkot, sweet-flower. A norigae with the central element tied into a small flower-cluster of traditional knots, finished with a short tassel. Daily proportions, light on the chest, Korean at every distance.
Sweet-flower, on hanbok.
Occasion
A daywear hanbok at the casual family table on a Saturday. A weekday lunch where the goreum carries the only ornament. The norigae for the dress that does not need a ceremony to wear it.
The story
Norigae is the ornament tied at the goreum, the ribbon that closes the jeogori. The form lived in the Joseon court and in the daily household. A married woman wore one, an unmarried woman wore one. The piece announced its wearer before the wearer spoke. Smaller norigae shapes held a daily register the same way a wristwatch holds the day now.
Silk cord throughout, hand-knotted in our Seoul workshop. The central element is tied into a flower-cluster pattern, small enough to read on a daily jeogori. The tassel is finished short so the piece does not pull the line of the blouse off center. The whole norigae sits lighter on the chest than the ceremonial sizes.
Worn on the daywear hanbok that does not require a ceremony to justify itself. A casual family table on a Saturday, where the daughter wears the chima and the mother adds the norigae at the door. The piece that puts the goreum back in the outfit without pulling the volume up.
Hand-finished in Seoul. Inspected and fitted in San Mateo.
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