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Fashion Contrasts Fashion Contrasts
Seoul, South Korea Seoul, South Korea

Fashion Contrasts

Fashion Contrasts
Most people in South Korea sport Western-style clothing, but some still wear hangbok, or traditional garments. For men, that means paji, baggy trousers tied tightly at the ankles, and a chogori, a jacket fastened with bone buttons, strings, or ribbons in neutral colors. Women and children wear clothing in bright primary colors, plus pastel pink and purple. South Koreans don traditional clothing for special occasions such as May Festival, Full Moon Festival, and Buddha's Birthday.
Alain Evrard/Photo Researchers, Inc.
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