Hello! yhlee sent me as a so-called Korean expert (hahaha -- I haven't lived in Korea for 20 years but let's just go with it.)
First of all, that's a man?? *g*
As far as I know, every single Hanbok jeogori (the top/jacket with the sharp white collar you usually see in Korean attire) I've ever seen has fastening mechanism that makes it go left over right. Like various people have said, it's not like kimono where you can wrap it in either direction. There is usually a little click button sewn near the fastening so the left side is meant to go over the right -- and the collar isn't symmetrical, but designed to accommodate this fact. Of course, the only hanbok design I'm familiar with is the one from the Chosun Dynasty and for all I know, they wore their tops differently in dynasties older than that. Also, I've not heard of any particular taboo associated with wearing the top the wrong way, but then, the tops just are designed to be worn left-over-right.
I don't know who drew the picture -- is it possible that the artist just got it wrong?
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First of all, that's a man?? *g*
As far as I know, every single Hanbok jeogori (the top/jacket with the sharp white collar you usually see in Korean attire) I've ever seen has fastening mechanism that makes it go left over right. Like various people have said, it's not like kimono where you can wrap it in either direction. There is usually a little click button sewn near the fastening so the left side is meant to go over the right -- and the collar isn't symmetrical, but designed to accommodate this fact. Of course, the only hanbok design I'm familiar with is the one from the Chosun Dynasty and for all I know, they wore their tops differently in dynasties older than that. Also, I've not heard of any particular taboo associated with wearing the top the wrong way, but then, the tops just are designed to be worn left-over-right.
I don't know who drew the picture -- is it possible that the artist just got it wrong?