By Chung Ah-young
Staff Reporter
If you think ``hanbok,'' or a Korean traditional costume, is supposed to be simple, minimal and typical, then your prejudice may be on the verge of being broken by an exhibition of a renovated designs.
Titled ``Space Captured by Hanbok,'' the exhibition will showcase various alterations and modernizations of the traditional costume for its convenience and silhouette, using vibrant colors and bold designs by designer Park Seon-ock.
The exhibition will display 16 pieces of modern hanbok created by Park, four pieces that were in fashion in the 1960s and '70s and 10 photos of hanbok taken by veteran photographer Bae Ji-hwan.
In the corner of the exhibition hall, retro hanbok, the fad of the 1960s and '70s, will be on display. In this ``Retro in Hanbok Design'' section, the vintage hanbok has no ``goreum,'' or coat strings and ribbons, which were replaced with a brooch at that time. Hanbok in the '60s was made from various Western synthetic fabrics such as velvet and printed textiles, showing a change in hanbok-making.