Chima jeogori is a

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n term for a women's outfit consisting of a '' chima'' skirt and ''

jeogori (; ) is a basic upper garment of the , a traditional Korean garment, which has been worn by both men and women. Men usually wear the with a '' baji'' or pants while women wear the with '' chima'', or skirts. It covers the arms and upper part of ...

'' top. Men wear baji jeogori: '' baji'' (baggy pants) and ''jeogori''. It is not a national costume per se, but a form of ''

hanbok The (; term used in South Korea), also called () n North Korea and China, is an umbrella term which is used to refer to traditional ethnic Korean clothes, including the traditional clothing of the (Korean Chinese), an officially recognized ...

'', the traditional Korean form of dress.

History

At the end of the 19th century, the tongchima (통치마), seamless one-piece short skirt, came out for convenience. School girls used to wear a white

and a black tongchima in modern educational institutions. This fashion gradually faded out in

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while revived and continues in

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.An illustrated guide to Korean culture : 233 traditional key words. In Japan, some ethnic Korean minority schools use a girls' uniform that is based on tongchima. This form of chima jeogori is modified into white shirt and shorter ankle length black or blue dress. For the safety of the children, from April, 1999 most of these schools use the chima jeogori inside the school and allow students to wear another non-chima jeogori uniform (the second uniform 第2制服) to go to school and go home.

References

lifeinkorea.comThe Summary Report of the NGOs in Japan

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