Giosue, a 29-year-old Italian tourist, felt the fabric of his rented hanbok, Korea's traditional dress, clinging to his skin on a Sunday afternoon. Even with the temperature close to 30 degrees Celsius, the long top and bottom could not deter him from wearing it. “It sticks to you and it's getting more hot,” Giosue told The Korea Times. “But I think it's worth it. It's fun and kind of a special experience.” The weekend brought cooler weather after Seoul's heat wave peaked Friday, with temperatures topping 40 degrees. But the day's highest perceived temperature in Seoul still reached 32.4 degrees Celsius by 3 p.m. Sunday, too warm for hanbok, which are typically both long and layered. On Sunday, nearly all Koreans around Gyeongbok Palace wore short sleeves and shorts. But the palace and the streets around it still filled with hanbok-clad foreign tourists, drawn by the chance to experience something distinctly Korean. Wearing hanbok was high on the list for Liz, 29, from Monterrey, Mexico, who arrived in Korea a day earlier. “It's very interesting how Koreans wear hanbok because o