We need information about China's clothing in 1950s and 1960s after the founding of the People's Republic of China.

New China was founded 1949, and women's fashion is represented by simple blatch dresses, Lenin dresses, dual-purpose shirts and trousers. Most female students wear black dresses or overalls. Clothing advocates simplicity and simplicity, and the colors are monotonous, mainly green, blue, black and gray. Ordinary people still wear patched clothes and pants.

In the mid-1960s, men's and women's clothes were unified, and women's clothes tended to be masculine. Especially during the Cultural Revolution, military casual clothes became popular. Yellow uniforms, yellow caps, red armbands and yellow satchels became "fashion", and women regarded red clothes as the norm.

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Lenin's clothes are mainly military uniforms and single colors of blue, black, gray and yellow. Originally a men's coat, it evolved into a women's dress and became a revolutionary "fashion" in China at that time. Its appearance is that the collar, double-breasted buttons and double-breasted buttons of the suit all have a hidden pocket in the middle and lower part. It has distinct characteristics of combining Chinese and western, and belongs to the product of combining Chinese and western.

After the founding of People's Republic of China (PRC), the working people's consciousness of being masters of their own affairs was strengthened in clothing, and the clothing style showed the characteristics of simplicity, frugality, practicality and unity. On the one hand, this is related to the backward economic level, on the other hand, it is also a reflection of collective political consciousness. The spirit of the times such as democracy, hard work and collectivism is simple and practical in clothing.

China Youth Network-Changes in Clothing since the Founding of the People's Republic of China (5/53)

Baidu encyclopedia-Lenin suit