50501@50501.chatB to /r/50501 Mirror@50501.chatEnglish · 25 days agoMost accurate image I've seeni.redd.itexternal-linkmessage-square9linkfedilinkarrow-up1314arrow-down12file-text
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minus-squarerapchee@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down30·edit-223 days agoconflating north korean with japanese culture, very cool
minus-squareKhanzarate@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23·25 days agoIt’s almost like Korea and Japan (and China) were neighbors for their whole existence and influenced each other’s clothes. Hanboks and kimonos are very similar. I can’t find any feature here that I could actually say distinguishes this modern take on Asian clothes as definitively Japanese or Korean.
minus-squarerapchee@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down22·edit-225 days agothe kimono, the lady’s dress
minus-squareisyasad@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up31·edit-225 days agoThat is literally the outfit of DPRK’s famous news anchor. Look up “North Korea broadcast news” and you will see pictures of her. Edit: her name is Ri Chun-hee and the outfit is a chima jeogori, a type of hanbok. Source: BBC & Wikipedia
minus-squarerapchee@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·edit-223 days agowelp, i learned something new in my defense, i did search for korean clothes, because i remembered they look different usually, and still now, searching for the specific word, i still see a different style
minus-squareChicoSuave@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·25 days agoHopefully this helps show that more than one culture can wear colorful, draped clothes.
minus-squareMummifiedClient5000linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·25 days agoHow dare that North Korean news lady conflate North Korean with Japanese culture?
conflating north korean with japanese culture, very coolIt’s almost like Korea and Japan (and China) were neighbors for their whole existence and influenced each other’s clothes.
Hanboks and kimonos are very similar.
I can’t find any feature here that I could actually say distinguishes this modern take on Asian clothes as definitively Japanese or Korean.
What part is Japanese?
the kimono, the lady’s dress
That is literally the outfit of DPRK’s famous news anchor. Look up “North Korea broadcast news” and you will see pictures of her.
Edit: her name is Ri Chun-hee and the outfit is a chima jeogori, a type of hanbok. Source: BBC & Wikipedia
welp, i learned something new
in my defense, i did search for korean clothes, because i remembered they look different usually, and still now, searching for the specific word, i still see a different style
Hopefully this helps show that more than one culture can wear colorful, draped clothes.
How dare that North Korean news lady conflate North Korean with Japanese culture?