Fashion Is The Eye Of The Tide.

Once upon a time, Chinese people were described as "blue ants" by Westerners because of the singleness of clothing styles and the dull color. The reform and opening up awakens the aesthetic consciousness of the Chinese people. With the continuous improvement of living standards, the people wear their clothes to catch up with fashion and fashion, bell bottoms, bat shirts, bodybuilding trousers, jeans, dresses, suspenders skirts and so on.

Clothing has always been the eye of fashion and vogue for fashion. Different times have different styles of dressing, reflecting different aesthetic habits. As the saying goes, "prosperity has its own clothes". The brilliant achievements of the thirty years of reform and opening up are most evident in the dress habits and trend changes of the people.

70s: style is dull and dull.

Before the 80s of the last century, Chinese dress was monotonous and dull, from color to style, and was clearly recorded in the news documentary of that year. Foreigners are also known as "blue ants". At that time, the main colors of clothing were blue, gray, black and other dark tones. At the end of the cultural revolution, the grass green uniform was also very popular. Young people, students and so on are proud of having a military outfit. Aunt Yang, who is from the northeast to Zhuhai, said that the spectacular scene in her memory was the rush of people running from the gates of the state-run Dachang Mine at the end of the day, all in a blue and gray overalls, and a dark look in the distance. It was also proud to be a factory worker at that time. Hard work and plain living is a good style of work, and it is worth advocating. The idea of food and clothing is bourgeois thought and will be criticized. So dressing is normal.

"Really cool" is not very cool.

Ms. Li, an old retired teacher from the mainland, clearly remembers that during the late Cultural Revolution, the material supply had improved, but it was not very close. In the mid and late 70s, new fabrics appeared on the market, called "really cool". Mr. Li said that "cool" did not need to sell tickets at that time, but the price was high, and a dollar per square meter made six or seven yuan for a piece of clothing. This is very expensive compared with the standard of 35 yuan per month for a general worker. "Really cool" is chemical fiber, bright colors, make clothes neat, wear the spirit, do not wrinkle, but also washable, very popular. In fact, the clothes made of it are airtight and very hot. Mr. Li said that wages were very low at that time, not everyone was willing to buy "really cool" cloth to make clothes. Most of the women teachers in the school are beautiful and have a bright coloured short sleeves, which is a symbol of "foreign flavor". They would rather eat less and save money from their teeth to buy a "cool" shirt. "Cool" began to prevailed only among attractive women, and later became popular among men. At that time, the standard dress was to put the snow-white "really cool" shirt's hem into the waist of trousers, and appeared to be more capable and upright. "Really cool" and "bubble yarn" and other fabrics in seven and 80s become fashion and fashion material.

"Fake collar" highlights the wisdom of the people

Sun Shifu, the old tailor in Suzhou, said that the fake collar was not only small in the material barren age, but also suitable for men, women and children, and was very popular in the north before 80s. His own shop has also taken a lot of fake collar work. The winter in the north is cold in the winter, and it is troublesome to change shirts every day, and the fake collar is very useful.

Master Sun explained that the fake collar is actually part of a shirt. Including the front, back, buttons, buttonholes, is the upper part of the shirt. In winter, it is worn in the outer garment, and the collar part is exactly the same as the shirt. Because fewer materials can be used to do more than a few sets, choose more than a few colors, beautiful girls often rotated to wear, turned out the collar of a neat collar outside the sweater collar. In those days, shirts were rare, expensive, and needed to be sold, not for most people. Poverty comes to mind and false collar comes into being. In this way, you can also protect your sweater and other heavy clothing collar and make it easy to change. Master Sun said that a small shirt could be improved so perfectly and thoughtfully at that time to show the wisdom of tailors and people. 80s: the trend is colorful.

From the end of 70s to the beginning of 80s, with the deepening of reform and opening up, the economy developed rapidly, and the outside world became more open. Hong Kong and Taiwan Fashion and Western culture were introduced rapidly. The latest fashion trend is popular among the younger generation. Popular transformation is fast, and such a change runs through the whole 80s.

Since 80s, Hong Kong and Macao have visited their hometown frequently, and the direct impact is the popularity of bell bottoms. Bell bottoms were almost fashionable at that time, and they were symbols of youth, fashion and rebellion. Young people wear a trumpet to swam across the market. Therefore, there are orthodox teachers and the same orthodox class cadres guarding the school gate, "blocking" the entry of such fancy clothes; and even more, carrying out oppression management and catching such students dressed with scissors to cut "big speakers". The flare trousers imported from western movies were gradually accepted by the young people who had been leading the fashion trend and encouraged by their self expression.

Over the next few years, bat shirts, bodybuilding pants and dresses were gradually mounted on the popular stage. Popular hot spots are constantly changing. Black elastic bodybuilders have been in fashion for quite some time. With the age of bodybuilders, bat shirts prevailed. Close fitting body-building pants with loose blouse, or with a pair of sunglasses, are the standard outfits of the urban fashion girls.

Jeans are very popular and casual nowadays. They were also considered to be not formal and orthodox. Jeans came on as early as 80s. This way of dressing was once rejected by mainstream society because of its overavant-garde and decadent style. After 90s, fashion pays attention to individuality.

With the development of economy and the improvement of people's life, by the year 90s, Chinese clothing and the world trend are becoming more and more synchronous. Luxury, gorgeous or even expensive become the people's beautiful pursuit, especially the performance of urban women's brand advocating to taste life. Entering the twenty-first Century, people's choice of clothing reflects individuality and pursuit of uniqueness and charm.