Changes In Traditional Dress And Costume: Women'S Wear In Republic Of China

The clothing culture of a country represents the degree of civilization of a country to some extent, because the dress itself is the most vivid and the most human social life.

The material form, especially for women, is most closely related to their external image. The change of women's clothing in the Republic of China is actually the process of the pformation from traditional Chinese to western style.

Influenced by Western women's clothing, clothing is no longer just a flat tailored skirt or a wide robe, and the decoration on the costumes is also complicated.

In this period, women's clothing with the characteristics of the times was made for students. The school uniforms, light blue jackets, black skirts, white gauze stockings and round mouth shoes all had the unique stamp of that era.

The coat is usually light blue, and the skirt with black or navy blue is simple and generous. It is an important symbol of Chinese clothing to western style modern clothing.

Known as the "Oriental dress", it is not only loved by the vast majority of Han Chinese women, but also favored by Western and European women.

In fact, when it comes to cheongsam, it originated from the national costume of Manchu women in the middle of the sixteenth Century. It sought to liberate the atmosphere of society and clean up the conventions and customs of dress adornment, tending to be concise and tonal, striving for elegance, and paying attention to embody the natural beauty of women.

Cheongsam originally appeared in the form of waistcoat, with the length of the vest and the back of the foot on the short coat.

After changing the long waistcoat into a sleeved pattern, it becomes the rudiment of the new cheongsam.

It is said that the female students at that time, as the representatives of intellectual women, became the ideal image of the society. They were symbols of civilization and the forerunner of fashion, and even the fashionable personages of social celebrities were all dressed up as female students.

30, 40s is the peak period of cheongsam, and the improved cheongsam appears to absorb western style cutting methods on the structure so that the robes are more suitable.

Although the cheongsam is born out of the Qing banner gown, it is different from the old system, and becomes the modern Chinese woman's standard of blending Chinese and Western costume.

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