Chima jeogori

Chima jeogori
Korean name
Hangul	치마저고리
Revised Romanization	Chima jeogori
McCune–Reischauer	Ch'ima chŏgori

Chima jeogori is a Korean term for a women's outfit consisting of a chima skirt and jeogori top. Men wear baji jeogori: baji (baggy pants) and jeogori. It is not a national costume per se, but a form of hanbok, the traditional Korean form of dress.

As school uniform

In Japan, some schools for the Korean minority use a girls' uniform that is based on the chima jeogori. This form of chima jeogori are white shirt and shorter ankle length black or blue dress. From May to June 1994, schoolgirls in such uniforms became the targets for verbal abuse and threats, and their uniforms were slashed. 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.

See also

• Korean culture
• Hanbok
• List of Korea-related topics

References

• lifeinkorea.com
• The Summary Report of the NGOs in Japan

Additional readings

• 韓東賢 チマ・チョゴリ制服の民族誌～その誕生と朝鮮学校の女性たち 双風舎 2006.6 ISBN 4-902465-08-6