{{Italic title}} {{Short description|Collective noun for various types of traditional Korean undergarments}} thumb|''Sokgot'' [[File:Korea-Andong-Dano Festival-Seesawing-07.jpg|thumb|200px|Woman on a ''nolttwigi'': under her ''chima'', layers of ''sokgot'' can be seen]] '''''Sokgot''''' ({{Korean|hangul = 속곳|rr=|labels=no }}) is a collective noun for various types of traditional Korean undergarments. They were worn as part of a ''hanbok'' before the import of Western-style underwear. Women usually wore several layers of undergarments, the more layers they had the richer they were.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://evoice.ewha.ac.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=688|title=Underwear Coming Out: No More a Taboo|publisher=Ehwa Voice|accessdate=2013-11-08|date=2005-09-01}}</ref> Undergarments were considered very important, thus it happened that the quality and material of the underwear was better than that of the visible outer layers.<ref name="hanstyle">{{cite web|url=http://www.han-style.com/english/hanbok/basic.jsp|title=About hanbok|publisher=han-style.com|accessdate=2013-09-20}}</ref>
==Types== There were several types of ''sokgot'': underskirts were generally named ''sokchima'' ({{lang|ko|속치마}}), while underpants were referred to as ''sokbaji'' ({{lang|ko|속바지}}). Under a ''jeogori'', ''sokjeoksam'' ({{lang|ko|속적삼}}) and ''sokjeogori'' ({{lang|ko|속저고리}}) were worn.<ref name="hanstyle" />
A clothing item similar in function to today's panties was called ''dari sokgot'' ({{lang|ko|다리속곳}}), which was a wide band of cloth pulled through in between the legs and tied with ribbons at the waist, forming a shape similar to the Japanese ''fundoshi''. Above this came the lowest layer of underskirts, called ''soksokgot'' ({{lang|ko|속속곳}}). One of these layers was a ''mujigi chima'' ({{lang|ko|무지기치마}}), which itself was sewn of several layers at knee-length, its function was to give shape and volume to the ''chima'', raising it. Above this a ''daesyum chima'' ({{lang|ko|대슘치마}}) was added. Noble women also wore a ''noreunbaji'' ({{lang|ko|너른바지}}), a kind of additional underpants.<ref>{{cite journal|url=http://koreana.kf.or.kr/view.asp?article_id=1048|title=Traditional Wedding Attire : Dressing Up for the Day of a Lifetime|journal=Koreana|year=2003|volume=17|issue=1|author=Hong Na-young|publisher=The Korea Foundation}}</ref>
Male undergarments were significantly simpler, under the pants a pair of ''sokgoui'' ({{lang|ko|속고의}}), underpants<ref>{{cite web|url=http://krdic.naver.com/detail.nhn?docid=22067400 |script-title=ko:속-고의|publisher=Naver Dictionary|accessdate=2015-11-04|language=Korean}}</ref> were worn, while ''jeoksam'' ({{lang|ko|적삼}}) came under the ''jeogori'' in winter, and was worn on its own in summer.<ref>{{cite web |script-title=ko:적삼|url=https://www.doopedia.co.kr/doopedia/master/master.do?_method=view&MAS_IDX=134028|publisher=Doopedia|accessdate=4 November 2015|language=Korean}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.han-style.com:8001/english/hanbok/kind/normal.jsp|title=Men's clothing|publisher=han-style.com|accessdate=2015-11-04}}</ref>
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