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flemmings ([personal profile] flemmings) wrote2015-11-06 11:20 am

From Sabina's tumblr

Dear god, I would so wear these if I could ie if I had a waist. Especially the pants. 2016 Chuyan spring&summer collection; inspired by traditional Chinese clothes hanfu. Colors and patterns from dunhuang murals.

Never thought I went for the orangeys, but I suppose there's another name for these colours?

[identity profile] mvrdrk.livejournal.com 2015-11-08 06:00 am (UTC)(link)
I have a tendency to confuse Korean Hanbok with some of the old Chinese fashions, like these Tang ones. I think there's an influence between them. As it's turning out, a lot of us have out narrowest parts up near the bust, not down at the waist. I got the Heifer catalog just today and it was pointing out that India and some other ancient cultures used saffron for dye, so the color could also be related to that, though saffron always makes me think more orange yellow than orange pink, though it's merely a guess.

[identity profile] flemmings.livejournal.com 2015-11-08 01:55 pm (UTC)(link)
Tang influenced Japan's early costumes so it must have influenced Korea. In fact, I'm pretty sure it influenced Japan by way of Korea.

It's also that if you have no waist, fashions designed to go in at the waist look weird; and even if you do have a waist, it still looks weird if you have any kind of bust or hips.

Saffron makes me think orange-yellow too- the colour of monks' robes.