Traditional Korean wedding costume

In the traditional Korean culture, the wedding ceremony was perceived as the way for a young male and a young female to form a family and also to celebrate their ancestors and continue with their line of blood by producing offspring. A marriage was a union between two individuals and furthermore the way to bind two families in marriage. That is why a marriage has been expressed as The ethical origin of mankind and the root of all happiness of man.' 

Korean traditional wedding costume was developed strongly influenced by the community, climate, political and religion. In ChoSun Dynasty, the wedding costumes differ depending on their classes and can be largely classified as one for royal families and one for commoners. 

By the end era of Chosun, the wedding costumes were settled into simplified form. On their wedding day, general commoner wears Korean style pants, lop and robe basically and on top of this, they wear a navy blue overcoat with a belt and shoes and put helmet . A bride wears basically a skirt with a petticoat and top. and on top of these, a bride puts on overcoat or a robe and headgear or tiara with a pigtail ribbon to represent her maturity.