Chinese Dress: From the Qing Dynasty to the Present Day

Acknowledged authors Garrett, Valery wrote Chinese Dress: From the Qing Dynasty to the Present Day comprising 240 pages back in 2020. Textbook and eTextbook are published under ISBN 0804852561 and 9780804852562. Since then Chinese Dress: From the Qing Dynasty to the Present Day textbook was available to sell back to BooksRun online for the top buyback price of $ 5.52 or rent at the marketplace.

Featuring over 450 archival photographs and line drawings, Chinese Dress traces the evolution of Chinese clothing from court and formal costumes to the everyday fashions of twenty-first century China.

Author Valery Garrett skillfully weaves the story of Chinese dress in all its variations—elaborately embroidered robes, military uniforms, children's dress, wedding and funeral attire, working clothes, Mao-inspired fashion—against a backdrop of historical, cultural and social change.

A comprehensive and sumptuously illustrated book, this book includes images of garments and accessories from museum and private collections, as well as unpublished or little-known archival photos and printed materials.

Chapters include:

• Dress of the Qing Manchu Rulers 1644-1911
• Dress of the Manchu Consorts 1644-1911
• Attire of Mandarins and Merchants
• Attire of Chinese Women
• Republican Dress 1912-1949
• Clothing of the Lower Classes
• Clothing for Children
• Dress in New China 1950-Present Day

For both modern fashion inspiration and accurate historical representation, Chinese Dress is the essential reference for costume historians, fashion designers and collectors, as well as lovers of beautiful clothes!