What are the characteristics of Qing Dynasty clothing?

Characteristics: The Qing Dynasty dress generally pursues a clean, simple, narrow-sleeved and tight-fitting. Reflecting the conservative nature of the Qing Dynasty, the character of the closed country.

Qing Dynasty women's clothing, Han and Manchu development is different. Han women in the Kangxi, Yongzheng period also retained the Ming Dynasty style, fashionable small-sleeved clothes and long skirts; after the Qianlong, the clothes gradually fat and short, wide cuffs, plus cloud shoulders, pattern renovation bottomless;

To the late Qing Dynasty, urban women have gone to the skirt with pants, clothes set lace, rolling teeth, a coat of expensive most of the money spent on this. Manchu women in "flag dress", comb flag bun (commonly known as two head), wearing "flower pot bottom" flag shoes.

Men's clothing in the Qing Dynasty is mainly robes and coats, the end of the sleeve is horseshoe-shaped is not seen throughout the ages. Robe modeling simplicity, stand-up collar, straight, partial lapel, before and after the body has a seam, the hem has two slits (ancient called "lack of pants"), four slits and no slits of several types.

Royal aristocrats to facilitate the riding and shooting, with four slits robe, that is, before and after the clothes in the middle seam and the left and right sides have slits in the style, the civilian with the left and right sides of the slits or called "a wrapped round" of the robe without slits.

Characteristics of the late Qing Dynasty:

Popularly installed false cuffs inside the sleeves, less when one or two, more when two or three. This kind of attire, one in order to show the identity and rich; the second is to strengthen the closed form of the flag dress style characteristics.

False cuffs are not only made of exquisite materials, decorative layout is also pursued with the same cheongsam, which adds a magnificent effect to the overall dress, but also strengthens the decorative sense of hierarchy. False cuffs are connected layer by layer, showing the slenderness of narrow sleeves.