The Style Characteristics of the Hwalot, with a Focus on One Robe from the Collection of the Honolulu Academy of Arts | Semantic Scholar
@article{Kidd2002TheSC,
title={The Style Characteristics of the Hwalot, with a Focus on One Robe from the Collection of the Honolulu Academy of Arts},
author={Laura Klosterman Kidd and Younsook Lee},
journal={Clothing and Textiles Research Journal},
year={2002},
volume={20},
pages={1 - 14},
url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:110839493}
}Since the early Choson dynasty (1392-1910 C.E.), the hwalot has been culturally significant in Korea as a female wedding garment. We examine hwalot using costume history literature from Korean, English, and Japanese sources, and hwalot artifacts from Korean and Hawaiian locations. Hwalot evolved from Chinese costume styles and exhibited stylistic differences from other Korean hanbok. The visual comparison of the hwalot suggest that primary design elements such as silhouette, color, and motifs…