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Guimet Museum
6 place d'Iéna (16th).
Phone: 01 56 52 54 33.
Hours: daily except Tue, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
until March 9.
Cat .: Lee Young-hee's dream stuff. Seoul-Paris , MNAAG /
La Martinière, € 22.50.
Here is a silky dive into the history of Korean art through that of its traditional costumes. To start with his famous hanbok which plays on the contrast of two colors, on either side of his high and dark belt. Unlike Chinese and Japanese clothes, it is characterized by the use of the curved line, hence the cuffs for the beautiful "butterfly wings". Its origin dates back to the time of the Three Kingdoms (57 BC-668 AD) and its shape has remained almost unchanged. Fashion designer Lee Young-hee (1936-2018) was its unconditional ambassador, she who accumulated research in order to be able to reconstruct it meticulously. "The stuff of dreams" pays homage to this subtle woman between tradition and fashion, to her exemplary knowledge as a collector, to her skill as a performer with astounding perfectionism (quilting and over-stitching at the small point of silk taffeta of a whole whole hanbok ). Her daughter Lee Jung-woo donated in 2019 to the Guimet Museum nearly 1,300 pieces that retrace her mother's career and her inspirations. As a result, the Guimet Museum has become the largest collection of Korean textiles outside of Korea. The exhibition presents only a handful, but what a bouquet! The presentation of the female hanbok with its short jacket (jeogori) and the large wrap skirt (chima) is a succession of watercolor colors. Just wonderful.