The Pogeun Fleece Cheollik.

The story

Cheollik began as a robe for the Joseon court, engineered for a body on horseback. The pleats fall from a fitted yoke so the silhouette holds its line in motion. The architecture survives because the same problem persists. Winter weather asks the form for weight at the interior, without compromising the line outside.

Wool-blend exterior over a brushed fleece interior, lined from the yoke through the bodice. The chima holds the traditional pleat and drops full from the natural waist. A hidden side zip keeps the front clean. The interior fleece carries the warmth where the body needs it. The exterior reads as hanbok at every distance.

Worn to the Lunar New Year visit in January where the weather is the coldest week of the year and the family still gathers at the grandparent's apartment. The cheollik carries the wearer from the cold doorway to the warm living room without bargaining either side. The piece that lets hanbok hold the calendar in January.