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Incorporating Korean style into the wedding
Hii I am the bride and the one who is Korean and I was hoping to incorporate Korean traditions and outfits into my wedding.
I was wandering if I could wear something other than the wedding dress for the reception. I know that in the American or the European tradition is that the bride and groom wear their wedding dress and tux to the reception but in Korea they wear usually the korean traditional outfits for the reception.
Do you think it might work?
Please let me know what other ways I can incorporate Korean traditons too
)
Sarah~
I was wandering if I could wear something other than the wedding dress for the reception. I know that in the American or the European tradition is that the bride and groom wear their wedding dress and tux to the reception but in Korea they wear usually the korean traditional outfits for the reception.
Do you think it might work?
Please let me know what other ways I can incorporate Korean traditons too
)Sarah~
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Re: Incorporating Korean style into the wedding
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- http://korean-chic.com/korean-actress-shinae-wedding-dress.html
- http://www.preownedweddingdresses.com/blog/real-wedding-julie-matt
- http://bestforweddingday.blogspot.com/2009/12/unique-wedding-dress.html
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My fiance and I wore the traditional hanboks for the last 20 minutes of the reception. it was nice because it was just a nice end of the night event and everyone loved it!
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[QUOTE]My Fiance is Korean. His mother recently returned from a trip to South Korea and brought us both back a Hanbok. Mine is red and yellow and his is pink and purple. First off, he looks silly in pink and purple, and I HATE pink. Mine is pretty, but it doesn't fit over my chest. We plan on wearing these at some point during the reception, but have no idea when to do so. We want to honor his mother by wearing them, but they really don't fit our wedding style at all. It is very hard to incorporate American and Korean styles into a wedding. As if a wedding isn't stressful enough to plan, it almost feels like you are planning two.
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<div>The American and Korean parts don't have to "match," per se. The colors can be totally different and obviously the feel will be entirely different because it's two completely different traditions. For example, for my tea ceremony, I had to use pink because that's the traditional color for engagement. I don't really like pink. And my wedding color is mostly blue and green tones! But it worked perfectly fine.</div><div>
</div><div>I also understand the stress about planning two weddings. My tea ceremony cost as much as some people's weddings, plus, FI and I are in grad school and planning for it really distracted our studies. But try to persevere. Know that doing the Korean traditions will honor your families a lot. It is worth it.</div>
[QUOTE]My fiance is Korean as well and we are also trying to honor his family's culture by incorporating some Korean tradition into our wedding. We are thinking about wearing the Hanbok during the cocktail hour/dinner part of the reception. <strong>The only hard part about that is that we will have to change twice which can be a bit of hassle. </strong> We figure we will change between the church and the reception and then after dinner before the dancing/cake part of the evening. However, any suggestions anyone else has about this would be great. We will also be doing some Korean food in our buffet for dinner. Our reception venue has agreed to let us also use a Korean caterer along with theirs. We are also doing bilingual invitations/programs.
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<div>Being an Asian bride means being a multi-dress bride. I have 4-5 dresses and so does my mom! It's normal. It's not too bad as long as you assign a friend to help store your dresses after you're done with them.</div>
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During the reception I'm wearing a white dress but the decor is more Korean. My colors are black/white and pink and the tables/chairs are all white, the guests are encouraged to wear black and there will be 1,000 hot pink paper cranes floating above the tables (I'm having one of those trees/branches and the cranes will hang from them). There may be more than 1,000. We'll see. haha!
I LOVE the idea of playing "Arirang" - consider that idea stolen!
I may incorporate a tea ceremony but I think I'm just going to keep it simple. My mom doesn't like a whole lot of attention. I think she'd kill me. She's excited enough to see me wanting to wear a hanbok for the wedding (she wore a white dress for hers).
My hanbok, according to my future mother-in-law, was very old-style and traditional because it required the knot (instead of button like some hanboks are now?). The skirt is red while the jacket is a deep purple with flower designs. My fiance had black pants, white undershirt and a red jacket with black designs. We also both had shoes and his female cousin bought me a small purse as well.
We still aren't sure if we are going to wear our hanboks at the wedding but my mother and future mother-in-law plan to, per request of both of us.