Classic interpretation of the trend? Look at the fashion and cheongsam's past life and present life

Overall, the cheongsam originated in the Manchu Qing Dynasty robe (some people believe that the origin of the flag woman's robe, some people believe that the origin of the men's robes, the latter believe that the cheongsam due to the beginning of the Civil War in order to seek independence of thought and women's rights to imitate the men's robes), and then gradually developed, gradually absorbing Western elements, and become what we now recognize as the cheongsam. It can be basically divided into 20s cheongsam, 30s cheongsam, 40s cheongsam and contemporary fashion cheongsam.

First, the evolution of the cheongsam

① Cheongsam in the 20s

Collar: mainly straight neckline

Sleeve: mainly traditional one-shoulder sleeve

Hem: lowest in the 25th year, low to the ankles, "a long vest in the early days"; 27 years rising to the calf mid-calf, shortest to knee longest to mid-calf in '29; hem begins to fall back in '29.

Split: the beginning of the 20s was a forkless cheongsam, and in the mid-to-late 20s, there was "a split in the front piece of the cheongsam"

Cut: flat cut

Edge: the beginning of the 20s was more complicated and fancy (inlaid embroidery), and at the end of the 20s, decorative piping tends to be simpler, most of them are 1-2 strips.

② cheongsam in the 30s:

Collar: in addition to straight collar collar, some cheongsams borrowed the Western folded collar, ruffled collar

Sleeves: shoulder sleeves still dominate, but there are rich variations, appeared in the mounted sleeves, bubble sleeves, ruffled sleeves, petal sleeves, lantern sleeves, gown sleeves, and so on

Hem: the early 30s hem length is just above the knee; 31-34 years the length fell back, more and more long

The length of the hem: early 30s just above the knee; 31-34 years the length fell back, more and more long. 34 years the length of the hem fell back, getting longer and longer; 35 years the longest, popular floor dragging cheongsam; 36 years rose to the back of the foot; 38 years show ankle; 39 years mid-calf (short-long-short)

Split: 30s early split at the knee; 31-34 years split gradually upward, 34 years split highest in the middle of the upper thighs; 35 years, the popularity of low-forked cheongsam again; 37-38 years, mainly open to the middle of the calf.

Cut: flat cut, the biggest change in the 34 years of the cheongsam is that the waist is made very narrow, highlighting the curve of the whole body.

Side: single, double and triple side; piping + single patch; multi-patch.

③ The cheongsam of the early 1940s:

Basically, it is still mainly flat cut, but the overall visual effect is more concise, with very few particularly complicated sashes, basically a narrow single sash or a line of fragrant sashes. The length is no longer as conservative as before, there are long and short, a hundred flowers.

④ Contemporary fashion cheongsam:

The way of cutting, the selection of materials, workmanship, all make it different from the improved cheongsam, sexy but not dusty, just the right amount of beauty.

Second, how to choose

Cheongsam, the traditional clothing of Chinese women in China and the world, known as the Chinese national treasure and women's national costume. It is one of the most splendid phenomena and forms of China's long history of dress culture. How do we pick the right cheongsam for us to wear?

1, from the fabric to pick

In our impression to see the cheongsam should be mostly using silk fabric, looks exquisite and gorgeous. But the cheongsam, like other clothing, will also use linen, velvet to make, and these different cotton materials will bring a different feeling of wearing as well as the impact, you can choose according to their own favorite.

1.1 velvet fabric

Velvet fabric it is polyester as the main raw material and silk and cotton and other materials mixed into the fabric. Touch skin and feel silky, and elasticity i performance and anti-static properties will be better than imitation silk fabrics to have a good biocompatibility with the human body, the only drawback is that love hair.

Note: velvet fabric cheongsam is best dry-cleaned, such as washing on their own, should choose to use neutral or silk special detergent, soaked in low-temperature water for 15 to 20 minutes, and then gently rubbed, cleaning, such as adding a little vinegar to the water, the cleaned clothes are more colorful and bright.

1.2 Silk fabrics

Silk fabrics are actually divided into silk and simulated silk. But now because of the market relationship between the use of simulation of silk proportion is higher, the simulation of silk imitation silk sense is very strong, bright and shiny color effect, this kind of cheongsam is often worn to participate in important occasions.

Note: But it should be noted that this kind of silk cheongsam is more prone to static electricity, and it is easier to absorb dust.

1.3 linen fabric

Linen fabric cheongsam is very suitable for wearing in the summer, more comfortable to wear and does not produce static electricity. The version is more straight, ideal for petite girls to wear especially spiritual. Relative to cotton fabrics are more wear-resistant and wearable, moisture absorption is also better.

Note: Although the linen fabric cheongsam is wearable, but it is easy to wrinkle, and in the washing of careless attention will produce shrinkage and deformation. Therefore, for the storage of cotton and linen cheongsam, we need it to hang up and not folded, and try to use hand-washing.

2, in accordance with the figure selection

Cheongsam in the choice must be adapted to their own specific circumstances to choose, otherwise it will not only lose the original beauty but also appear to be uncoordinated.

2.1 microfat body shape

Microfat body shape refers to local obesity, such as arms, legs, such as easy to obesity area, like the arm piece of thick people recommend choosing the cheongsam with sleeves, you can cover a part of the meat on the arm; legs thick people wear cheongsam pay attention to the choice of the cheongsam to cover the length of the thighs, and that is, don't choose the length of the cheongsam in the calves, this will not show thin but will show the appearance of the body, but will not show thin. constantly will not be thin but will highlight the calf thick.

Obese people actually do not recommend wearing a skirt too short cheongsam, you can choose the length of the cheongsam is medium-length models, gall and below the knee, so that you can cover part of the meat Oh ~

2.2 Slim figure

For the body type of thin girls, the biggest problem is the fear of too thin! Because too thin body instead of wearing a cheongsam unique classical temperament, so it is recommended that if you weigh less than 80 pounds of girls to feed themselves first fat before choosing to wear a cheongsam, so better look Oh ~

If you belong to the weight of the normal, but each of them are petite girls recommend that you choose ultra-short or ultra-long cheongsam, you can visually lengthen the body section.

3. According to the fabric gloss

Silk luster is soft, however, even if it is soft light, but also increased the fabric itself a sense of solemnity.

In general:

Silk fabric glossy strong try to avoid

Silk fabric glossy medium + floral bright = formal occasions to wear

Silk fabric glossy medium + floral pigmented = daily/formal wear

Silk fabric glossy weak / matte = daily wear

Yellow skin when belonging to the Asians, for this kind of skin tone girls can Wearing a cheongsam in soft colors or dark colors will brighten your skin tone by one degree. Of course, you can also choose gold and blue, blue can be neutralized and skin color appears more white. Women with white skin will have more advantages in choosing a cheongsam in a wider range, you can try light colors, such as beige, light green, yellow and so on, will highlight the fresh and vulgar temperament. Black and white colors can also wear a different feeling of charm.

The style is right, 40 years old also wear cheongsam. Style is not right, live to 40 years old is still not suitable. If you are wearing a traditional cheongsam, it does not matter how old you are, it is only important that you do not fit the occasion.