• Korean Traditional Wedding: American wife & Korean husband in traditional Korean Hanboks
    Korean Culture (한국 문화)

    Traditional Korean Wedding Dress: What Is a Wedding Hanbok?

    You might think a Korean wedding dress looks similar to a Hanbok you’d rent in Seoul for photos, but once you step into a real traditional wedding ceremony, you quickly realize, it’s a whole different level. When I began planning our wedding ceremonies (yes, we had two!), the American wedding ceremony being much more familiar was a breeze. The Korean ceremony? I had so many questions. What does a Korean wedding dress look like? What do Korean women wear in a wedding? Is there a traditional Korean wedding dress? Or, do women wear more modern dresses these days? I wanted to be culturally appropriate and we decided to go traditional…

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