When Tian Xiwei (田曦薇) appeared in Moonlit Reunion (子夜归) wearing a diamond-lattice top, viewers split quickly. Some enjoyed its foreign flavor; others called the styling chaotic, overdecorated, and simply odd. The quarrel, however, misses the real issue. The lozenge pattern is not the villain. For thousands of years, this geometric motif has traveled through Chinese […]


