Wooyoungmi

7 of Wooyoungmi's 95 looks draw on a specific dress or craft tradition, as read from the photographs. The house is based in South Korea.

• Red-crowned crane motif · Japan · East AsiaLook 25

  South Korea → Japan

  “Red-crowned cranes with black-tipped wings among pines, stylised scalloped cloud bands and gold sunburst flowers, recalling Japanese kimono and byōbu screen crane-and-pine imagery.”

• Sipjangsaeng (ten longevity symbols) motif · Korea · East AsiaLook 43

  Home tradition

  “Embroidered sun, stylised clouds, cranes, pine tree, deer, rocks and wave bands, which are the core longevity symbols of Korean minhwa folk painting, with lotus, scattered over denim.”

• Sipjangsaeng (ten longevity symbols) motifs · Korea · East AsiaLook 23

  Home tradition

  “Embroidered sun, clouds, cranes, deer, pine trees and rock/mountain forms grouped together, the Korean longevity set; crane-pine-deer imagery is also shared with Chinese and Japanese art.”

• Eastern european folk woven bands · European (unspecified) · European folk & regional dressLook 34

  South Korea → European (unspecified)

  “Horizontal bands of small geometric motifs in red, white, green and black on a dark ground, like Ukrainian or Belarusian folk weaving; could also read as Fair Isle-style jacquard.”

• Folk waistcoat with ornamental clasps · European (unspecified) · European folk & regional dressLook 31

  South Korea → European (unspecified)

  “Burgundy fitted vest fastened with rows of ornate silver filigree hook clasps, recalling Central/Eastern European folk waistcoats (Hungarian, Balkan, Slavic alternatives).”

• Papakha / cossack fur hat · Russia · European folk & regional dressLook 26

  South Korea → Russia

  “Tall, brimless, shaggy black fur hat with a cylindrical crown, recalling the Cossack/Caucasian papakha, exaggerated in height and volume.”

• Trachten jacket / janker · Austria · European folk & regional dressLook 40

  South Korea → Austria

  “Loden-green knit vest with woven folk-pattern ribbon borders and ornamental metal loop clasps down the front, typical of Alpine trachten waistcoats. Clasps could alternatively read as pankou.”