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Why traditional hanbok has no pockets

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Because who needs convenience when you have an impeccably smooth silhouette? Traditional Korean Hanbok designers apparently decided that carrying items was a burden for the weak. Instead of ruining the sleek, bell-shaped fabric with lumpy pockets, people were forced to carry separate little silk pouches like extremely glamorous pack mules.

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