The Danmi Lifestyle Dress.

The story

The hanbok shoulder is one of the oldest exact lines in Korean clothing. Narrow at the seam, set high, falling into a short jeogori sleeve. The shoulder is what makes the silhouette register as Korean at the first look. A lifestyle dress that keeps that line carries the form into the daily wardrobe without translating it into costume.

Lightweight cotton blend with a hanbok-cut shoulder and a hidden goreum-style closure at the chest. The skirt drops in pleats from the natural waist, sized to read as a contemporary dress rather than a chima. The collar holds the traditional jeogori line. The whole piece walks between two registers in one shape.

Worn on the Saturday morning at the farmers market where the dress code is whatever the calendar landed on. The shoulder registers Korean to the friend across the row of vegetables. A casual family table where the elder reads the collar before the rest of the dress. The piece that puts hanbok in the weekday.