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These Boots Are Made For Walking

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Pat speaking... So I’m watching a period Kdrama, either Silla or Joseon Dynasty, maybe even the Goryeo. Everyone is dressed appropriately. The nobles are are all decked out, the peasants have on plainer clothing. It’s a well dressed crowd. (Notice how, since our trips to Korea, we have the dynasties on the tip of our tongues & they just roll off like normal speech for us... we impress even ourselves. ~ Judy)


Anyway, everything looks pretty much how it’s supposed to… until I glance down and see the footwear on the palace guards. It looks like they are wearing Uggs! (For our foreign readers, Uggs are an American brand shoe -sometimes thought to be Australian but it isn’t- that is wildly popular here.) They are worn mostly by the younger set. That means I don’t own any.


So what are they doing on the palace guards in my Kdrama? Good question! I understand they have to have sturdy shoes to run and do those amazing jumps, but come on. Since when do guards before 1900 wear boots with rubber soles? I suppose this is nitpicking, isn’t it?


Judy, help me out here. Do you have any Kdrama clothing beefs that get under your skin? Tell, but let’s make this a dynasty beef. Modern day nitpicking can wait until a later post. ~ Pat


Well of course I have an observation... you think I just sit around and do nothing? My beef is that the hems of their gorgeous, silk hanboks are never soiled. Why is it that I have a cup of coffee in the morning and manage to dribble down my front but these ladies never have dust, mud, or dirt on their clothes? Streets are unpaved, hems are frequently long, yet everyone has perfectly clean hemlines! ~ Judy



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Song LEE
Song LEE
Jan 06
Rated 5 out of 5 stars.

The soles would have been made of leather.

At that time, rubber was not available in the Korean peninsula.


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