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Two women wearing cheongsam in a 1930s Shanghai advertisement. The cheongsam is a body-hugging (modified in Shanghai) one-piece Chinese dress for women; the male version is the changshan. It is known in Mandarin Chinese as the qípáo (旗袍; Wade-Giles ch'i-p'ao), and is also known in English as a mandarin gown.
Edited photographs of young Chinese women's eyes were presented to the test participants. It found that there was significant preference for the double eyelid while the single eyelid was considered to be the least attractive. [15] Because of this, many Chinese women go through a surgery that creates a fold in the upper eyelid giving them the ...
Cheongsam (UK: / tʃ (i) ɒ ŋ ˈ s æ m /, US: / tʃ ɔː ŋ ˈ s ɑː m /) or zansae, also known as the qipao (/ ˈ tʃ iː p aʊ /) and sometimes referred to as the mandarin gown, is a Chinese dress worn by women which takes inspiration from the qizhuang, the ethnic clothing of the Manchu people.
Chinese clothing, including traditional Hanfu, ethnic minority garments, and modern adaptations of indigenous styles, is a vital aspect of Chinese culture and civilization. For thousands of years, Chinese clothing has evolved with dynastic traditions, foreign influences, and cultural exchanges, adapting to the needs of each era. [ 1 ]
A skirt where pleats were joined with silk threads in order to makes creases which look like the scales of a fish. [19] The pleats were very tiny. [21] Qing "Rainbow skirt". [23] Qing Langanqun: 襕干裙 "Chinese ink painting skirt". A skirt where scattered flowers pattern were printed. [19] Qing Fengweiqun: 凤尾裙 Lit. "Phoenix-tail skirt".
The women's skirts were characterized with high waistline which created a silhouette which looked similar to the Empire dresses of Napoleonic France; however, the construction of the assemble differed from the ones worn in Western countries as Han Chinese women assemble consisted of a separate skirt and upper garment which show low décolletage.
An example of Ruqun painted by Zhang Xuan (713–755) in Tang. The most eye-catching clothing in Tang dynasty is women's clothing, in which the traditional "Ruqun" (Ru Dress 襦裙) formed a unique fashion in the Tang dynasty and Tang people have their distinctive aesthetics. [1]
It is the traditional Hanfu for the Han Chinese women. [9] The aoqun and/or ruqun is the most basic set of clothing of Han Chinese women in China and has been an established tradition for thousands of years. [6]: 47–50, 54 Various forms and style of Chinese trousers, referred broadly under the generic term ku, can also be worn under the ruqun.