The one thing I couldn’t stop noticing is how high hats their traditional Korean hats rest on their heads, regardless of gender or class. (That video led to another that came up in the suggestions which was actual filming in Korea in the early 1900s, and one fellow is wearing a western style hat as would be worn in that time and thus rests lower on the head, but even in that–Korean hats rest higher.) In sageuks, they tend to wear them much lower, but most of those take place much earlier in time. I think in The_Merchant:_Gaekju_2015 aka God of Commerce, at least the merchants horesehair and the puffy ball ones (can’t think of the name) are worn a bit higher (even in the show’s poster that comes up on asianwiki), but I can’t recall the exact time period it takes place.
🤔Now I’m trying to remember other shows from that period I’ve watched somewhat recently, and if the traditional Korean hat wearing fashion was portrayed as high or not…The Last Princess, Gunman in Joseon and Mr. Sunshine are the ones that spring to mind…there’s another I’m thinking but can’t remember the title atm, but that was much later in time so that wouldn’t help. Might have to do some quick scanning of eps to see.
Now I’m trying to remember when face reading was a thing, because weren’t high foreheads an auspicious thing? Wonder if that’s related at all to what was considered the “right” hat fit…🤔
Hahaha I wonder? I have thought that maybe it was a class thing, with richer men wearing bigger hats. Or richer menโs were custom made and the common man had to buy his โoff the shelfโ. Or that itโs just a fashion thing, they look to have gotten bigger and smaller at times and sometimes have a finial on top and then that goes away. Thereโs probably an entire drama in the History of the Gat! 😁
Not to mention the History of the strands of beads that hold down the gats!! 🤣
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bbstl ๐งน
February 16, 2021 at 9:42 AM
Cool Joseon era photos on YouTube:
https://youtu.be/-PBIvijslo0
Lily left the valley
August 20, 2021 at 2:04 AM
The one thing I couldn’t stop noticing is how high hats their traditional Korean hats rest on their heads, regardless of gender or class. (That video led to another that came up in the suggestions which was actual filming in Korea in the early 1900s, and one fellow is wearing a western style hat as would be worn in that time and thus rests lower on the head, but even in that–Korean hats rest higher.) In sageuks, they tend to wear them much lower, but most of those take place much earlier in time. I think in The_Merchant:_Gaekju_2015 aka God of Commerce, at least the merchants horesehair and the puffy ball ones (can’t think of the name) are worn a bit higher (even in the show’s poster that comes up on asianwiki), but I can’t recall the exact time period it takes place.
🤔Now I’m trying to remember other shows from that period I’ve watched somewhat recently, and if the traditional Korean hat wearing fashion was portrayed as high or not…The Last Princess, Gunman in Joseon and Mr. Sunshine are the ones that spring to mind…there’s another I’m thinking but can’t remember the title atm, but that was much later in time so that wouldn’t help. Might have to do some quick scanning of eps to see.
bbstl ๐งน
August 20, 2021 at 6:59 AM
I remember the interpreter and the pawn shop owners in Mr Sunshine always looked like their hats were a bit too small 🤣
Lily left the valley
August 21, 2021 at 3:43 AM
Now I’m trying to remember when face reading was a thing, because weren’t high foreheads an auspicious thing? Wonder if that’s related at all to what was considered the “right” hat fit…🤔
bbstl ๐งน
August 21, 2021 at 7:42 AM
Hahaha I wonder? I have thought that maybe it was a class thing, with richer men wearing bigger hats. Or richer menโs were custom made and the common man had to buy his โoff the shelfโ. Or that itโs just a fashion thing, they look to have gotten bigger and smaller at times and sometimes have a finial on top and then that goes away. Thereโs probably an entire drama in the History of the Gat! 😁
Not to mention the History of the strands of beads that hold down the gats!! 🤣