Experiencing The Changing Course Of Clothing Reform And Opening Up 30

From the clothing factory workers to the clothing store owner, Zhang Siping worked for more than 30 years, and also felt the changes before and after the reform and opening up.

"We have no shortage of clothes making tools. We only need beautiful clothes and exquisite drawings."

Zhang Siping recalled, "at that time, there were only green cloth and blue cloth in the workshop besides the white cloth and the black cloth and grey cloth made for the shirts.

And most of the cloth is pure cotton. After making the clothes, we have to use the stereotyping slurry to prevent the clothes from wrinkling in the process of shipment, until later there is "Dacron".

Because this cloth can dye bright coloured patterns and colors, and it does not shrink or wrinkle, it is very popular.

At first, using this fabric to make women's shirts and skirts, it was very popular, and then began to make men's shirts.

The "true cool" skirts of small broken flowers and the "Dacron" shirts tied to the waist of trousers are fashionable at the end of the 70s.

Zhang Siping, like many people, used the cloth he bought as a "false collar", which only made the upper part of the jacket and wore it in the outer garment. The collar part exposed was the same as the shirt, playing a false role.

Because of his craftsmanship, Zhang Siping often made "fake collar" for the four corners of the neighborhood on weekends to become a "famous figure".

Zhang Siping remembered vividly that there were a number of snowflake fabrics produced by the South Textile Mill in the clothing factory.

It is a gray thick wool material mixed with white patterns like snowflakes, so everyone calls it snowflake.

According to the teacher, Fu, this material was often left by many families as "Jiabao".

Zhang Siping then sprouted the idea of making a woolen coat for his parents.

In early 1984, she bought a few feet of snowflakes for six months, and made a coat for her parents and made a suit for herself.

The suit is still hanging in Zhang Siping's wardrobe.

"Not long after that, the clothing factory sent people to the south to pick up many new fabrics, suitable for velveteen and corduroy in spring and autumn, heavy silk and mulberry silk in summer, Ma Haimao, flannel, nap and cashmere in winter.

I haven't heard about those fabrics before.

The pattern of garment production has also changed greatly, mainly including wide leg trousers, bat shirts and so on.

Later, after the broadcast of the TV drama "the priceless friendship" and "Miss public relations", the wide and short sleeves and narrow skirts became the object of imitation.

In the mid and late 90s, Korean TV dramas began to enter the Chinese screen, and clothing began to take up the "Han Korean" route of navel suits, suspenders and holes in jeans.

This is directly reflected in people's pursuit of individuality in clothing styles, colors and fabrics.

In 2001, Zhang Siping set up his own clothing store after he was laid off.

That year, at the APEC summit in Shanghai, 20 leaders appeared in red or blue blue suits.

This Oriental costume makes the people who are accustomed to modern fashion have a sense of intimacy and freshness, and the Tang costume is popular rapidly.

Before the Spring Festival of 2002, when Zhang Siping's clothing store was busiest, no matter the old people, the children or the fashionable people, they put up a Tang suit as a new dress for the Spring Festival, and also brought a great income to the newly opened Pingyi dress workshop.

Zhang Siping recalled, "after the Tang costume, people no longer pursue a single fashion.

On the contrary, it is because of fear of "bump shirt", many people come to me to design their own unique clothes according to their own feelings, and often have the bride to come here to design, customize wedding dresses and dress, so that they are different.

But Zhang Siping is happy about this: "these changes reflect the ideological emancipation, individuality and colorful life brought about by reform and opening up.

The basis for these changes is the development of the national economy and the general improvement of people's income level.