Fabric
Mid-weight cotton blend, lined through the bodice. Hidden side zip.
Daywear · Made to order
The Geunal Cheollik.
$245 to $355 · quoted in consultation
A cheollik with a deeper shoulder and a more formal drop through the chima. The name reads as that day, the day that matters. Mid-weight cotton blend, bodice lined, hidden side zip. The line reads as ceremony.
That day. The cheollik.
Occasion
The engagement portrait. The anniversary dinner the family marks every year. The day that earns the album page, where the cheollik is the photograph the rest of the dinner gathers around.
The story
Cheollik began as a court robe and became, through six centuries, the Korean dress for an occasion. The form holds when other shapes loosen. The pleats fall from a fitted yoke and the silhouette stays clean through the long table, the bow, the embrace at the end of the night. The Geunal is built for the night that the family talks about for years.
The shoulder is set deeper than the everyday cheollik in the line. The chima drops with weight. The cotton blend was chosen for its photograph: a clean read in the natural light of a restaurant window and an exact line under flash. The bodice is lined. The pleats are pressed before shipping. The side zip stays hidden.
Worn to the engagement dinner held at the family's restaurant. The photographer takes the shot at the toast, the cheollik catches the chandelier light, and the dress carries the moment forward into the wedding album three years later. That is the read.
Hand-finished in Seoul. Inspected and fitted in San Mateo.
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