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flakfizer
Joined: 12 Nov 2004
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http://english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200710/200710100015.html
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Traditional Korean Dress Fascinates Sen. Clinton
Senator Hillary Clinton, the powerful Democratic Party presidential contender, was given a traditional Korean dress at a campaign fund-raising dinner in Koreatown in Los Angeles last month, according to a source who was at the event.
The dinner at the Oxford Palace Hotel, hosted by a Clinton support group chaired by Richard Park, drew attention as it was the first Koreatown fund-raiser for a major American presidential hopeful. It was reportedly the highest-earning fund-raiser ever in Koreatown.
The event not only demonstrated the rising political clout of the Korean community in the U.S., but also encouraged Korean Americans in Southern California to participate in mainstream American politics, people said.
It was the first time a powerful presidential contender like Hillary Clinton has ever visited Koreatown during a campaign -- an event that seldom occurs in the Chinese or Japanese communities in the U.S. Many of the attendees said it was a meaningful moment because they were able to convey to Clinton the hopes and needs of the Korean community.
Clinton promised to make South Korea her first overseas stop if she won the election. She urged Korean Americans to vote for her and promised reforms in health care and education. She also shared her views on international issues such as the peaceful unification of the Korean Peninsula and the Iraq War.
After she finished speaking, Clinton was presented with a hanbok, or traditional Korean dress. "Wonderful! Wonderful!" she said, to the delight of the audience. The hanbok was created by designer Kim Young-suk and made of jade and undyed silk. The chima, or skirt, and jeogori, or jacket, featured hand-embroidered flower patterns.
Chima and jeogori are normally made of different colors, but Clinton's dress was made from undyed silk to add a formal tone. The colors were selected to focus on Clinton's fair skin and energetic image.
The dress appeared especially luxurious thanks to the hand-stitched embroidery. The coat string was crimson and the undershirt inside the jeogori was decorated with jade instead of a simple button knot, the designer said.
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cbclark4
Joined: 20 Aug 2006
Location: Masan
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Doesn't that make you feel much better. |
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newton kabiddles
Joined: 31 Mar 2007
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| Hanbok is one of the six pillars of Korean culture. |
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huffdaddy
Joined: 25 Nov 2005
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| Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2007 3:01 am Post subject: |
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Assah! It's a dress! I thought it was a table cloth. |
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reactionary
Joined: 22 Oct 2006
Location: korreia
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| Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2007 3:12 am Post subject: |
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haha. it's like when your dear old grandma gives you a hideous sweater.
"sure, grandma, i'll wear it all the time!"
"sure, ho jee, south korea is my first international stop when i win the election!" |
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tzechuk
Joined: 20 Dec 2004
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| Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2007 3:41 am Post subject: |
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Problem is -much as they describe it as *luxurious*, there are some TRULY luxurious hanbok out there and the one hillary's holding up aint one of them.
Take this one as as example:
and this one:
But really, these are not truly luxurious either.
A friend of my husband is a hanbok designer and she showed me her collection.. O.M.G. I saw one that I REALLY wanted - in gold... hanbok with a matching overcoat and head dress, matching handbag, shoes etc. The whole thing, hand stitched, would cost 4.5 million won!!!!!!!! WAY over what I would pay for clothes but crikey, it was the most exquisite thing I have ever seen in my life! |
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Chris2007
Joined: 20 Mar 2007
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| Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2007 4:14 am Post subject: |
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"Well gee thanks, but I'd rather have your vote..." |
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The Bobster
Joined: 15 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2007 10:33 am Post subject: |
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I look rather dashing my my han-bok, something that surprised the hell out me, but then, I'd made a point of picking the colors myself.
I agree that, from the photo, the one they gave Hillary ain't all that ... mm, no, not all. |
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PeteJB
Joined: 06 Jul 2007
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| Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2007 11:20 am Post subject: |
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My mum always calls them toilet roll covers  |
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VanIslander
Joined: 18 Aug 2003
Location: Geoje, Hadong, Tongyeong,... now in a small coastal island town outside Gyeongsangnamdo!
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