Asian Clothing

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Classic Asian Clothing becomes more and more popular especially in Western culture. It combines the elaborate elegance of Chinese tradition with unique elements of style, like the high collar and the attractive slits, which set off the beauty of the female shape. Because of its particular charm it is like a wonderful flower in the colorful fashion scene. Another beauty is that it is made of different materials and to varying lengths. It can be worn either on casual or formal occasions. In either case, Asian Clothing creates an impression of simple and quiet charm, elegance and attraction. With distinctive Chinese features it enjoys a growing popularity in the international world of high fashion. The collar is high and tight fitting, not just for preventing coldness but also for beauty. The collar of it generally takes the shape of a semicircle. The collar is meticulously made, especially the buttonhole loop on the collar. The slits. For convenient movement and display of the slender legs of women Asian Clothing generally has two big slits at either side of the hem. The slits expose a woman's legs indistinctly when she walks, as if there was a blurred emotional appeal of "enjoying flowers in mist". Today you can get it with different lengths and kinds of slits (one slit on the side or front as well as two slits). The material. It usually is made of excellent materials like silk, silk brocade, satin, satin brocade or velour's. Nearly all colors can be used. Often it gets a certain pattern, such as Chinese Dragons, different kinds of flowers, butterflies or other typical Chinese icons (e.g. prosperity, wealth). 

Asian Clothing can display all women's modesty, softness and beauty. Like Chinese women's temperament, it is elegant and gentle, its long-standing elegance and serenity makes wearers fascinating. It almost varies with a woman's figure. It not only lays stress on the natural beauty of a female figure, but also makes women's legs appear more slender. It doesn't have to choose between these goals. Clothing and coiffure have close links to social status and identity. Thus clothing serves as a microscope for examining transformations in the lives of individuals and communities undergoing change. In the 19th and early 20th centuries western clothing was one of the external manifestations of conversion to Christianity in West Africa or at least expressed one’s openness to western influence. In Akan societies in Ghana sumptuary rules regulated clothing and the paraphernalia of the different ranks of chiefs as it also did for superior and inferior social classes. To dress above one’s rank was ahomaso arrogance or literally “the lifting of oneself above one’s station” and invited sharp rebuke. Thus clothing and political status were closely associated. When ex-Asantehene (King of Asante) returned to Asante from exile on the Seychelles Islands in 1924 his invitation to official colonial functions in Kumase sometimes caused anxiety among colonial circles as to whether he would come clothed in indigenous royal garb. His use of appropriate western clothing on such sensitive occasions allayed colonial fears and assured the colonial government of his political loyalty. Cultural exchange and military alliances could also be mirrored in clothing. Around 1880 King Njoya of Bamum Cameroon entered into a military alliance with the Muslim Fulbe kingdom of Banyo. Mature women in it can display their graceful refined manner. In the 17th century in North China a collarless tube-shaped gown was developed, it was the ancestor of the later Asian Clothing. It became popular among the royal palace of the Qing Dynasty and the mansions of the Manchu nobility. The Manchu rulers organized certain people, mainly Manchus into "banners" (qi) and called "banner people" (qiren), which then became loosely the name of all Manchus. The Manchu women wore normally a one-piece dress which, likewise, came to be called "qipao" or "banner dress". At that time, it was loosely fitted and long enough to reach the insteps. Usually Asian Clothing was made of silk, and embroidered, with broad laces trimmed at the collar, sleeves and edges. Although the 1911 Revolution toppled the rule of the Qing (Manchu) Dynasty, it survived the political change and, with later improvements, has become the traditional fashion for Chinese women.

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