Luxury fashion houses have released high-end pieces resembling Korea's everyday 'kimjang vest' (a quilted vest traditionally worn by grandmothers during kimchi-making). Valentino's floral, fur-trimmed vest is priced around 6.3 million KRW, and Moncler offers a reversible floral down vest in the ~2.3 million KRW range. Adidas earlier sold a quilting jacket reminiscent of the vest for 159,000 KRW. Netizens noted the irony that inexpensive original vests sell for 5,000–10,000 KRW in Korea and praised how older Korean women’s practical clothing has influenced global fashion—helped along by celebrities like Jennie (BLACKPINK) and Karina (aespa) wearing similar looks on social media.
