Cheongsam Reappears In The Jianghu And Takes A Customized Route. The Price Is Expensive. The Style Is Formal And Lacks "Popular Taste"

Yesterday, the“ Centennial Shanghai Style Cheongsam Exhibition ”It has attracted many Wuhan people's attention. Recently, Internet celebrity Sister Furong also celebrated her birthday with a big red cheongsam, attracting netizens. However, although cheongsam is popular in places such as TV stations and screens clothing However, "popular taste" is lacking.

　 a hundred years cheongsam Colorful

"Everyone learns from Shanghai, but it is hard to learn from it. By the time we learn more, Shanghai has changed." This is a ballad spread in Shanghai in the 1930s, which tells us the changing fashion in Shanghai.

The Shanghai style cheongsam, which was born out of the Manchu Qiren's clothes, also followed the example of the others and "changed" happily. The color may be plain or thick, the sleeves may be narrow or wide, the lines may be tight or loose, and the collar may be high or low. Since the rise in the 1920s, it has led the fashion all the way, and became popular in the 1930s and 1940s. Although once "retired from the Jianghu" because of "not loving women's clothes but red clothes", now the "change" formula has made cheongsam return to the fashion stage.

Bao Mingxin, a professor at Donghua University in Shanghai, said that the tenacious vitality of cheongsam has enabled it to be handed down to today. "This vitality stems from the fact that it changes with time and can become just right. New elements such as zippers, chest darts, waist darts, concealed buttons, fur, and chemical fibers can all be included, without compromising the quality of cheongsam."

　 Why the "Change" Formula Fails

Zhang Ziyi's embroidered dragon cheongsam at the Olympic flame collection ceremony, 13 Jinling Shu women in cheongsam, and the black button cheongsam at the 2011 Louis Vuitton Paris Fashion Show all seemed to indicate the strong return of cheongsam.

However, compared with the common Japanese Korean style and British style, this "cheongsam style" seems to be limited to formal occasions and small circles. Yang Jiaxin, who decided to buy a cheongsam in 2010, only wore it on formal occasions three times in two years. "It's too eye-catching and uncomfortable to wear at ordinary times."

　　 Cheongsam can change and change, but why can't it enter the streets again?

Many people are deterred by the cost of as little as 2000 yuan. According to Zhang Lan, the Shanghai History Museum, from fabric to accessories and styles, cheongsam should be based on the actual situation of customers, so as to better reflect personal taste and tolerance. The cheongsam returned to the Jianghu and embarked on a customized route. The tedious and delicate procedures make the cost beyond the common people's tolerance.

The diversified dressing options also make the cheongsam unable to return even if it wants to. Yan Changhong of Wuhan Culture and History Research Institute said that cheongsam is no longer the only choice for everyone. Facing the lifestyle of "how to be comfortable", the "formal" of cheongsam makes it slightly less attractive.

Not all people wear cheongsam with charm. Some experts say that wearing cheongsam, smiling and walking with arms raised, all have rules. There should be an inner show. There are fewer such girls in the society nowadays.