- Gache
infobox Korean name
hangul=가체
hanja=加髢
rr=gache
mr=kach'e|Gache is a big wig worn by Korean women. Women of high social backgrounds and "
gisaeng " wore wigs ("gache "). Like their western contemporaries Koreans considered bigger and heavier wigs to be more aesthetic. However, there is a record of an incident where a heavy gache wig actually killed a young 13 year old bride as the heavy wig broke her neck as she was getting up to greet her father in law entering the room. Also due to its costliness, some families took up to 6-7 years preparing a new gache wig for their new daughter-in-law. [무거운 '가체' 때문에 사망한 사람이 있다! http://kdaq.empas.com/knowhow/view.html?num=451347l]Such was the women's frenzy for the gache that in 1788 King Jeongjo prohibited and banned, by royal decree, the use of gache, as they were deemed contrary to Confucian values of reserve and restraint [The Traditional Art of Beauty and Perfume in Ancient Korea by Guest Contributor Pauline http://www.mimifroufrou.com/scentedsalamander/2008/04/beauty_perfume_in_traditional.html] . In 19th century
yangban women began to wearjokduri , a small hat that substituted gache. However gache still enjoyed vast popularity ingisaeng circles. Inclusive of its decorations, a gache usually weighs about 3 to 4 kg.Gallery
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External links
*ko icon [http://100.empas.com/dicsearch/pentry.html?i=110011 Brief information about gache]
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