Chinese and Persian Clothing 李石
Persian Clothing
High Class Persian Clothing Women: long sheath tightened at the waist and stitched to the side at the knee. Over the sheath is some fine material Fine muslin additional skirt Draped over shoulder Another style of the period featured a knee length dress, which revealed a pair of trousers underneath.
High Class Persian Clothing Men: Sarband- Turban Pirahan- Blouse Men and women Shalvar- baggy trousers Kamarband- Belt
Chinese Clothing
High Class Chinese Clothing Women: 曲裾- kind of garmet Pao (袍): Any closed full-body garment, worn only by men in Hanfu Ru (襦): Open cross-collar shirt Shan (衫): Open cross-collar shirt or jacket that is worn over the yi Qun (裙) or chang (裳): Skirt for women and men Ku (褲): Trousers or pants
High Class Chinese Clothing Men zhiju (直裾) Shenyi (深衣): a long full body garment Quju (曲裾): diagonal body wrapping Zhiju (直裾): straight lapels Zhongyi (中衣) or zhongdan (中單): inner garments, mostly white cotton or silk Shanqun (衫裙): a short coat with a long skirt Ruqun (襦裙): a top garment with a separate lower garment or skirt Kuzhe (褲褶): a short coat with trousers Zhiduo/zhishen (直裰/直身): a Ming Dynasty style robe, similar to a zhiju shenyi but with vents at the side and 'stitched sleeves' (i.e. the sleeve cuff is closed save a small opening for the hand to go through)
Qin Dynasty Favorite color was black cicada-like hats red clothing jade hanging decorations red shoe Court dresses are black
Han Dynasty Red is the most respectful color White clothing was for ordinary people Same clothing for almost everyone Woman: a short jacket and a long skirt, and a decorative belt hung down to the knee. Men: short jacket, trousers in the style of calf’s nose, with a short cloth skirt outside. Different hats For different occupations
Tang Dynasty Women: Shirt with short sleeves and a long skirt Belts and weapons used to show rank Ordinary people: small belt or iron knife Emperor: gold belt and sword Fine and delicate material Attractive in beauty and grace
Yuan Dynasty Women: Long, loose gowns with wide sleeves and narrow cuffs. fads Clothing made of marten and sheepskin was very popular. Zhi Sun dresses extremely popular Men All classes wore Could be made from varying materials
Song Dynasty People were really concerned about how they looked Special Hair Styles People with less money used paper decorations 3 categories Empress Nobel concubines Females of all levels of government uses
Qing Dynasty Black Manchurian-style clothing Women had separate dresses for buissness, formal and casual occasions Clothes create a look for respect Sides of the garments, as well as the collar and sleeves, were decorated with inlays and embroidery.