Ancient Chinese fashion has some very big differences than what we have today. What they saw in clothing and beauty is very fascinating. Their clothing was very elegant, but what they did to be beautiful and to look nice was shocking. The Chinese are very good people who came up with their ideas of beauty. To start off with clothing, in ancient China, poor people had to make their clothing out of hemp or ramie while the rich wore silk. People often wore tunics, which are like long t-shirts. When women wore tunics, they were very long, down to the ground and they added belts. For the men, they wore short tunics that were down to their knees. In winter, the Chinese wore padded jackets over their tunics and sometimes pants under them too.
During the Sui Dynasty (581-618), the emperor decided that all poor people had to wear blue or black on their clothing, and only rich people could wear colors. This was a rule because blue and black weren’t considered important or beautiful colors. Then, cotton was brought by the Mongols during the Yuan Dynasty (1279-1368). At first, people didn’t want to grow cotton because silk was still too popular, and everyone wanted to continue getting silk. Often, most people in China had long hair, men and women. The Chinese believed it was very disrespectful and rude to cut your hair because it was …show more content…
"Jixie" in ancient times, slippers, originated in the Han Dynasty (206BC-23AD). Hemp sandals, cloth sandals and leather sandals started to appear throughout time. The ancient Chinese people embroidered some auspicious patterns, such as dragons, phoenixs, etc., on their sandals. Sometimes people even decorated them with jewels too. In the Song Dynasty (960-1297), most men wore leather shoes with a small toe, and women usually wore shoes with a round toe, flat toe or rising toe, which were sometimes decorated with various patterns such as flower or