Handcrafted Hanbok from Seoul · 3 to 4 weeks (4 to 6 for weddings)
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The Cheonga Wrap Chima
TKIM · D · 121
Daywear · Made to order

The Cheonga Wrap Chima.

Reference TKIM-D-121 · 3 to 4 week production

$215 to $305 · quoted in consultation

A wrap chima in fresh sea-blue with a smooth drape. The name reads as clear, pristine. Cuts cleaner than the patterned chimas, holds the eye on the color. Mid-weight cotton blend in solid sea-blue, hidden tie.

The Cheonga Wrap Chima

Clear sea. In cloth.

Fabric

Mid-weight cotton blend in solid sea-blue. Wrap closure with hidden tie.

Occasion

A coastal wedding held outdoors. The piece that grounds a blue-toned palette without competing for the lead read. The chima for the photograph where the ocean is in the frame.

The story

Sea-blue, cheonga, sits in Korean color naming between the saturated court blues and the pale spring tones. The word carries a sense of clarity, water at depth, water at dawn. A chima built around the word holds the same register without leaning on the metaphor.

The Cheonga is a single-color skirt with no overlay, no pattern, no embroidered detail. The cotton blend takes the dye exact, the sea-blue holding through indoor and outdoor light. The wrap closure ties at the hip, the hidden tie keeps the line clean. The hem drops to the ankle, finished by hand. The skirt is the color and the line.

Worn to the coastal wedding where the ceremony sits on a bluff above the water. The bride is in white, the family is arranged in shades of blue, the chima holds the cleanest note in the photograph. The grandmother who curated the palette names the skirt first when the album arrives. The sea is in the frame, the skirt is the sea.

Hand-finished in Seoul. Inspected and fitted in San Mateo.

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