The Gradient Beoseon Norigae.

The story

Beoseon are the white cotton socks worn with hanbok, shaped to a sharp upward curve at the toe. The line is so specific to the Korean wardrobe that the silhouette names itself across the room. A norigae shaped like a beoseon is a small inside reference, a wink toward the part of the wardrobe that lives beneath the chima.

Silk cord throughout, with a gradient-dyed silk juche shaped as the beoseon curve. The piece is hand-stitched in our Seoul workshop. The gradient lets the shape carry two tones at once. The norigae is sized for daywear, light on the chest, finished with a short tassel so the silhouette of the sock reads cleanly.

Worn at the family table where the elder catches the shape before anyone else does and smiles. The piece for the wearer who keeps a small detail for the people who will find it. A daily hanbok that does not announce its norigae and lets the shape do its own work.