Pretty Women In Traditional Asian Clothing

[Guest Nikko]

You guys..postmore vietnamese!!!=D

[Jaeho]

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Yep, it's Mina. I'm not sure but if you look at it carefully (top area) you can kind see it. The shoes a bit too. Could be used in a fashion show X-D

She does however have a real Hanbok costume in Soul Calibur II, but the colors are ugly, IMO. It's cosplayed alot though.

LOL The real hanbok she wears in SCII is so ugly. The game designers gave her a really cheap looking one. And one of her weapons is a broom. And are you serious that people cosplay that?

Britney's hanbok looked OK to me, but they could have given her a nicer one. It was specially designed for her though.

This one is really nice!

[Guest sj22]

chinesse..

[Guest bsu]

I would post that costume here but it's just really ugly X-D The broom was pretty cool though. At least it wasn't anything like Voldo's

O_o....

Yeah alot of fans cosplay her Hanbok, because of the traditional value (and they don't think it's ugly) but whatever. They do a nice job making it.

I love the color and the pattern on this one. And the dude's hat is awesome. I want to buy his.

[Guest mommy]

The Hanbok is ugly... women who wear it look like they're all pregnant....

[Azngel]

my favorites are chinese and japanese. hanboks look bulky and heavy, just not very attractive imo

[.ellt nine]

i think all of the ones ive seen so far are very pretty and elegant

the hanbok is really nice and cute ^-^ i want one

the kimono looks really cool O_O.. i also want one

the indian clothing is so prettyeee~ decorative, and unique

the hanfu is very beautiful... i wish it was china's national garb instead of the qipiao

[Guest siumeimei1023]

my favorite, chinese!! they are sooooooooo pretty... and I love all the pictures u guys posted too... :-D

and korean ones are cute... they are not pretty but they are NOT ugly at all

[Guest ichigo_no_powder]

my mom also said that the one they put on britney spears when she came to korea was really cheap and ill-fitting

I AGREE. that's the first thing I thought when I first saw the picture.

the hanfu is very beautiful... i wish it was china's national garb instead of the qipiao

don't we all

[Guest lalalinh]

Mongolian

Cambodian

Malaysian

Tibetan

Russian

Nepal

Burmese (I find this one most interesting)

http://www.tribaltextiles.info/Countries/M...togalleries.htm

there for more burmese pictures

Just wanted to show something outside of the Chinese/Korean/Vietnamese/Japanese/Indian/Thai barrier

[Guest Rainie]

^I've seen longer stretches before. They have to have them on for the rest of their lives...it looks really painful. But it's a tradition and custom, just like the golden lotus feet the Chinese used to have.

The Chinese Hanfu's are absolutely gorgeous, I don't really like QiPaos in general...

[Guest nana544]

those traditional clothing are so pretty^^

[Guest koneee]

Some of their heads must be heavy.... gorgeous!

[Guest chocolate//]

i like chinese, korean, and japanese traditional clothing the best. i have some pictures of hanfu and hanbok but i couldn't find any really nice pictures of kimonos. :S finding pictures of hanfu was pretty hard too ><

korean:

cute!

chinese:

[lovewls]

They're all soo pretty!

I actually love hanbok very much. They're elegant!

The indian saree (is that the right spelling??) is also gorgeous!

[Guest eelgnay]

if i had pictures i would post up pictures of the traditional hmong clothing. it's really pretty and very detailed.

EDIT: ok..this is all i found. i took it from some dudes photography website. and it only shoes waist up so.....i'll take pictures this weekend of the ones i have.

this is hmong chinese

first three are traditional hmong and far right is hmong chinese.

EDIT #2: ok i found more.

[wishless]

I think the hanbok is pretty =) I like kimono's too. But still I like the chinese hanfu the best.

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a51/bizuei/fusion.jpg

^ the hanbok-like clothings looks like what chaegyoung (?) would wear in the manga goong.

[theedqueen]

I think the hanbok is pretty =) I like kimono's too. But still I like the chinese hanfu the best.

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a51/bizuei/fusion.jpg

^ the hanbok-like clothings looks like what chaegyoung (?) would wear in the manga goong.

they're probably cosplaying b/c they look _exactly_ the same as the ones that Park So Hee drew in the manhwa. And I actually like her hybridized hanboks that she has Chae-gyung wear. Very cute and pretty and I would definitely buy them if she ever decided to go in the fashion biz.

I really love all the beautiful Korean Hanbok, but there are some good ones and some bad ones. If I ever got a hanbok for myself, I'd be _really_ picky about it My ranking of Asian traditonal wear goes Korean, Japanese, Indian/Some Chinese(sorry, I don't know the names of the styles I like). I like vietnamese, but I dunno where I'd put it in my ranking, sometimes I like them, sometimes I don't like them. But if you want to lose weight, you should go with the vietnamese ao dai because my mom said those were what kept her skinny when she still lived in vietnam. The ao dais were so constricting that if you gained once ounce of fat, you instantly feel it constricting you in that dress

[Guest msjang]

http://img82.echo.cx/img82/673/hzggvickipic18yu.jpg

Vicky Zhao looks cute as always!

I like the traditional Chinese clothing the best....so pretty!!!!!!

[Guest boo_its_lisa]

You seem to make the most insulting remarks about Korean-related things. Yet, you're in the Kpop forum. Why? To insult? News flash- the Korean hanbok has garnered plenty of Best National Costume awards in Miss Universe pageants and other global beauty pageants such as Miss World, Miss Earth, Asia Pacific, etc. If the hanbok is the "ugliest thing" then I wonder how these came about:

This is Miss Universe alone.

1952-1961: no award

1962—Kim Carlton—England

1963—Sherine Ibrahim—Israel

1964—Henny Deul—Holland

1965—Sue Ann Downey—USA

1966—Aviva Israeli—Israel

1967—Carmen Silva de Barros Ramasco—Brazil

1968—Luz Helena Rastepo González—Colombia

1969—Sangduen Manwong—Thailand

1970—Roxana Brown—Bolivia

1971—María Luisa Lopez Corzo—Mexico

1972—Carmen Amelia Ampuero—Peru

1973—María Rocío Martín—Spain

1974—Kim Jae Kyu—Korea

1975—Emy Abascal—Guatemala

2. Delia Servín Nieto—Mexico

1976—Rocio Lazcano—Peru

2. Judith Josefina Castillo Uribe—Venezuela

1977—Kim Sung-hee—Korea

2. Adriana Umpierre—Uruguay

3. Hiam Saade—Lebanon

1978—Alamjet Kaur Chauhan—India

2. Young Eun Son—Korea

3. Yasmin Yusuff—Malaysia

1979—Elizabeth Busti—Uruguay

2. Martha Jussara da Costa—Brazil

3. Veronica Wilson—South Africa

1980—Sangeeta Bijlina—India

2. Brigitte Chouquet—France

3. Hisae Hiyama—Japan

1981—Adriana Alves de Oliveira—Brazil

2. Irene Lailin Sáez Conde—Venezuela

3. Lee Eun Jung—Korea

1982—María Francesca Zaza Reinoso—Peru

2. Celice Pinto Marques da Silva—Brazil

3. Silvia Beatriz Vila Abayan—Uruguay

1983—Kim Jong-Jung—Korea

2. Julie Elizabeth Woods—United States Virgin Islands

3. Yuko Yamaguchi—Japan

1984—Juhi Chawla—India

2. Yissa Pronzatti—Uruguay

3. Mina Godenzi—Hong Kong

1985—Sandra Eugenia Borda Caldas—Colombia

2. Teresa Sánchez—Spain

3. Hila Kelman—Israel

1986—Gilda García López—Panama

2. Deise Nunes de Souza—Brazil

3. Mariana Villasante—Chile

1987—Jacqueline Ribeiro Meirelles—Brazil

2. Priyadarsjomo Pradhan—India

3. Sheree Ann Denise Richards—Trinidad/Tobago

1988—Porntip Nakhirunkanok—Thailand

2. Courtney Gibbs—USA

3. Mizuho Sakaguchi—Japan

2001—Sa-Lang Kim—Korea

2. Zorayda Ruth Andam—Philippines

3. Olenka Miroslava Fuschich—Honduras

Miss International

1983: Korea - Young Soon Chung

1989: Korea - Hee Jung Kim

2001: Korea - Myoung-hee Baek

2002: Korea - Yoon-joo Khi

Recently in 2002 and 2005 for Miss Earth and in 2003 Miss Asiapacific, Korea has won the National Costume awards. There's also Miss World, etc, but I'm too tired to search for the lists.

They can be elaborated with different fabric and shape variations according to occasions.

Yes, the hanbok IS shapeless at the waist. And what's wrong with maternity clothes? What the hell is a woman supposed to wear when pregnant? A midriff baring top? Hanbok is supposed to hide a woman's figure modestly, rather than flaunt it. Men usually don't find it appealing for this reason, but I think that it is subtly elegant and tasteful in its own right, as reflected by the public consensus in the Costume Awards. I'm sorry that you can't see that. But hey, everyone has opinions. Do keep the deragatory, puerile comments to yourself.

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Anyways, all these costumes are gorgeous!! Chinese Han Fu [?] is it? costumes. They're exquisitely beautiful. Thanks for posting!

BEAUTIFULLY said.. i was goign to make a remark about this myself, but it seems someone has already done so.. but let's not argue nor say negative comments on such matters.. ALL traditional clothing are beautiful... but my favorite ones are the chinese korean and japanese.. but these are just my favorites..