Review: Oneday Hanbok (Korea 2016)

Okay, here goes another review. This time, it's hanbok rental from the Oneday Hanbok. This is a small rental studio where you can rent Hanboks for OTDs at nearby palaces, which you can easily reach via one of their very affordable cabs. Just show them the Korean name of the place you want to go and most, if not all, of them will be able to understand your destination. :)

We had a little difficulty finding the studio but thanks to the friendliness of my fellow travel mates, we managed to find the building that the studio was located in. It looked like an office building, which probably accounted for my confusion coz I was expecting it to be in a short shophouse-like building. Heh. From my research online, it also seems they have moved. Anyway, here are a couple of addresses for you to choose from. Just make sure you google the locations properly before heading out of your hotel.

Address 1:
2nd Floor, 4 Bukchonro5-gil, Jongno-gu, Seoul (approximately 300m from Exit 2 of Anguk Station and across the road from Jae-dong Elementary School2nd Floor, 12 Jae-dong, Jongno-gu, Seoul


Address 2:
2nd Floor, 12 Jae-dong, Jongno-gu, Seoul)





The good thing about renting a hanbok is that you get free entrances into selected places like royal palaces and the Korean Folk Village in Gyeonggido. Cool right? On top of that, you get to experience what it was like to wear their traditional costumes. Their rental fees are as follows:

• 4 Hours - 15,000 Korean Won 1 Day (24 Hours) - 28,000 Korean Won (Minimum rental duration is 4 hours) 
• Additional hourly fee - 4,500 Korean won 
• Basic accessories - Free (Hair accessories, bags) 
• Special accessories - 2,000 Korean won (Kings hat, Gisaeng hat, Gat, dress underskirt etc.)

A rental deposit is required:

• Copy of ID card + Hanbok Rental Deposit of 50,000 Korean Won per Hanbok. 
• OR deposit ID card + Hanbok Rental Deposit of 10,000 Korean Won per Hanbok* As a substitute an ID card, a valid Passport or Korean Alien Registration Card will be accepted * In case of group booking (max. 6 people), only 1 ID card is required.

You get 2 fittings so you need to choose your size and preferred designs very carefully. Although Oneday Hanbok states that they have sizes ranging from S to XXL [male (S~XL) and female (XS~XXL)], I didn't find many Hanboks in my size. Not that I am terribly overweight or super fat, but I guess that the Hanboks usually come in a smaller size because Korean ladies are slimmer. Anyway, after searching around, I managed to find a suitable Hanbok in my size. It also helped that the assistants were around to find the right sizes so that was useful. Basic accessories are free too.

As you can probably tell from the picture above, the Hanboks themselves are of good quality, but when we were out and about, I noticed others wearing a much better type of hanbok. Not that the rentals from Oneday Hanbok are not good enough, it's just that other rental studios appear to have skirts that have a bouncier effect. I think it's due to the additional crinoline under the skirt, which gives off a more flouncy effect that I thought was more flattering for my figure. Hehe.

The other rental studios also appeared to have more options for the guys. For example, I noticed a lot of guys walking around in an outfit of a royal official so that was interesting.

Verdict: The whole experience was rather hassle-free. All you need to do is email them ahead of time with booking details like your name, date & time and number of people. The range of hanboks are of high quality but I would prefer them to include more bigger sizes and give us the option of the crinoline to make it more flattering for bigger figures. The assistants were super helpful even though I was slightly on the larger side and probably posed more of a challenge for them. 

Anyway, that was my experience with them. Have fun!

Website: www.onedayhanbok.com
Email: onedayhb@naver.com

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