Fabric
Silk cord throughout with a square enamel juche, hand-tied tassel.
Accessory · Made to order
The Sagak Norigae.
$95 to $175 · quoted in consultation
Sagak, square. A norigae with a square enamel juche at the central element, breaking from the typical round or flower forms. Reads modern within the traditional structure of cord, knot, and tassel.
Square. Quiet.
Occasion
Daywear hanbok at the family table. The piece for the wearer who keeps the traditional structure and asks one element to register modern. A casual lunch where the geometry sits at the chest and the elder asks about it.
The story
Norigae is the ornament tied at the goreum, the ribbon that closes the jeogori. The form has carried round juche, flower juche, leaf juche, butterfly juche across centuries. The square is rarer. The shape arrives in the modern register, where geometry has joined botanical motif as a legitimate read.
Silk cord throughout, tied in the traditional knot pattern. A square enamel element sits at the central juche, in a tone chosen to read deliberate rather than decorative. The tassel is hand-tied. The square breaks the visual habit of the form and reads as a deliberate departure rather than an accident.
Worn on the daywear hanbok where the wearer keeps the traditional structure and asks one element to register modern. The square sits at the chest and carries the intention. A casual family table where the elder notices the shape and asks where it came from. The piece for the wearer who is in conversation with the form.
Hand-finished in Seoul. Inspected and fitted in San Mateo.
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