Ancient China Clothing

Japanese clothing is also distinguished by marital status and unmarried women wear brightly colored and richly patterned Kimonos with long sleeves. Some of these sleeves can even be as long as the women’s ankle! Girls, as young as 19, would begin wearing these vibrant Kimonos. With the increase in age or change in marital status, the sleeves of the kimono would continue to get shorter.

Hanfu or the Han dynasty clothing is the most widely known Chinese ancient clothing. Inseparable from silk and worn by the legendary yellow emperor, the Hanfu has a history of more than three millennia. Chinese ancient clothing consisted mainly of robes with pants for men and skirts for women under them. Modern Chinese clothing is a western and ancient combination of chic dressing and auspicious symbolism.

Filed under: Formal and Informal on October 16th, 2008