In the 1920s, it was very popular for women to wear tops and skirts. Coat includes coat, jacket and vest. Styles include double lapels, pipa lapels, straight lapels, straight lapels, oblique lapels, etc. Collar, sleeve, lapel, pendulum and other places are inlaid with piping lace or embroidery patterns; Clothes are square and round, and the width changes a lot. Since then, women's dresses with tops and skirts have become popular, but skirts have been simplified.
Robes, jackets or suits, Chinese tunics, etc. in the 1920s. Men's wear is popular in this period. At the beginning, the traces of tradition were still very heavy. Later, influenced by western clothing culture, men began to wear suits, but they did not exclude the original clothing. Long shirts, jackets and suits go hand in hand.
Top hats are divided into two styles in winter and summer, black woolen cloth in winter and white kudzu vine in summer. Its shape is mostly a dome with a wide eaves below. Both Chinese and western clothing can wear high hats, which was the most solemn clothing for men at that time. As for other hats, there are many styles, generally depending on everyone's identity, status and occupation, and there is no unified system.
In the early years of the Republic of China, most of China's trousers were loose and tied with ribbons. In the mid-1920s, the tie was once removed and the trouser legs were looser. By the late1920s, the trouser legs were gradually reduced, and the method of tying the belt was restored, all of which were sewn on the trouser legs with natural materials.
Women's hairstyles are constantly changing with fashion. Once popular hairstyles were spiral, sky, hollow, braided, degenerate, dancing phoenix and butterfly. Young women should not only wear a bun, but also leave a lock of hair on their foreheads, commonly known as "former Liu Haier". Former Liu Haier's hair styles are generally covered between the eyebrows, some cover the eyes, and some cut the hair into rounded corners and comb it into vertical filaments; Or divide the forehead into two locks, trim it into sharp corners and look like a dovetail, which is called "dovetail". In the early years of the Republic of China, a kind of extremely short bangs was more popular. Seen from a distance, it is called "the sky". After a woman cuts her hair, she usually ties it with ribbons, and she also uses pearls and emeralds to make various hair band covers on her hair. Around 1930s, perms spread to China. At that time, women in big cities imitated western-style hair accessories, and some even dyed their hair in different colors such as red, yellow, brown and brown, which was fashionable and popular.
From the 1920s, some international students and women in literary and art circles and intellectual circles began to wear formal dresses. By the 1930s, more and more people were wearing formal dresses. The dress is characterized in that the top is connected with the lower skirt, and the waist is closed or tied, which can show the slender waist; Dresses are mostly straight lapels; Sleeves also have long sleeves, short sleeves, bubble sleeves, trumpet sleeves and other changes. There are square collars, round necks and sailor collars. ; There are oblique skirts, flared skirts, knotted skirts and so on, and the styles are very diverse.
Cheongsam was originally a favorite dress of Manchu women. 1After the 1920s, Han women began to wear it. After numerous changes, it finally became the main dress of China women with unique national style. Cheongsam is popular for two reasons: one is simplicity; Second, it has an oriental charm. Cheongsam and high heels can best reflect the elegance and beauty of oriental women.
The cheongsam worn by Manchu women in the late Qing Dynasty is characterized by its width, straightness and fullness at the bottom. Most of the materials are silk and satin, the clothes are embroidered with patterns, and the collars, sleeves, lapels and ruffles are rolled with wide lace.