Nail Art is So Fashion in Tang Dynasty 1

Nail Art is So Fashion in Tang Dynasty

In the cdrama The Lychee Road, not only women but also men are into manicures. He Cishi, a seemingly rugged man, and some officials have well – manicured nails, which challenges many people’s modern thinking. What’s going on? Were the Tang people more progressive than us? Actually, ancient men also liked growing nails. But it […]

Zhao Liying: How Xu Banxia's Short Locks Became a Long Black Legacy?

Zhao Liying: How Xu Banxia’s Short Locks Became a Long Black Legacy?

When Zhao Liying (赵丽颖) stepped into the Longines livestream with raven hair cascading past her shoulders, the internet gasped. This wasn’t just another celebrity hairstyle change; it felt like the return of a queen reclaiming her throne. Gone was the sharp, ambitious Wild Bloom (风吹半夏) persona Xu Banxia (许半夏). In her place stood a vision […]

Inside the Beijing Show Putting Guizhou Dress on Stage

Inside the Beijing Show Putting Guizhou Dress on Stage

On October 9 the China National Museum of Women and Children in Beijing handed its floor to a design project. Twenty-two outfits made by the students and tutors of a National Arts Fund training programme for Guizhou ethnic dress went down a runway mixed with live dance, closing a run of workshops and fieldwork that […]

At Shanghai History Museum, Xinzhongshi Goes on Show

At Shanghai History Museum, Xinzhongshi Goes on Show

Shanghai Fashion Week’s “Oriental Xinzhongshi, Autumn 2026” edition opened on October 11 in the ground-floor hall of the east building at the Shanghai History Museum, running through October 13 with free public admission. The programme is guided by the Shanghai Municipal Administration of Culture and Tourism and the Oriental International Group, hosted by the museum […]

Nanjing Fashion Week Puts Yunjin Brocade on Show

Nanjing Fashion Week Puts Yunjin Brocade on Show

Three fabrics carried the opening night, and each behaved differently under the lights. Yunjin brocade threw back the light in shifts of colour, Song brocade read as a quieter weave, and Xiangyunsha, the gambiered Cantonese gauze, absorbed it and stayed matte. The show ran on October 8 in the Sun Palace hall beside Xuanwu Lake, […]

Blue Calico and Student Design at a Hangzhou Museum

Blue Calico and Student Design at a Hangzhou Museum

A blue-and-white cloth exhibition opened at the Han Meilin Art Museum in Hangzhou on 24 October and runs to 31 December, moving through three rooms that take resist-printed cotton from carved block to art symbol to finished garment, the last of them filled with thirteen outfits by fashion students. If You Go Dates 24 October […]

Why Hangzhou's Sijiqing Street Backs Original Brands

Why Hangzhou’s Sijiqing Street Backs Original Brands

Twenty-five labels took the runway in Hangzhou on the evening of 22 October 2026 at a joint show closing the Siji Cup, the design competition run by the Sijiqing garment street. Models wore new Chinese style womenswear that borrowed from Li brocade, Miao embroidery and Dazi embroidery. The street, the China Fashion Association and Bank […]

Why Did Tang & Song Dynasty Brides Wear Green Attire? 2

Why Did Tang & Song Dynasty Brides Wear Green Attire?

Somewhere along the way, in TV dramas, it became trendy for brides in Tang and Song Dynasty settings to wear green wedding dresses, and the trend has only grown. After revisiting historical records, it dawned on me: have we been misled? Have you also been bombarded with images of “red – clad grooms and green […]

Did the Ancient People Have Astonishing Hair Volume? 3

Did the Ancient People Have Astonishing Hair Volume?

Questioning Ancient Hair Volume Did the ancient people have astonishing hair volume? Could they create such high buns with their own hair? Well, it’s a joke! The ancient people already had the “baldness crisis” and secretly wore wigs. In fact, the hair volume of the ancient people might not be as thick as that shown […]

Li Landi's Makeup in The Gurgling River 4

Li Landi’s Makeup in The Gurgling River

Recently, netizens have been complaining about Li Landi’s makeup and hairstyles in the drama ‘The Gurgling River (流水迢迢)’. They say, ‘This should be the simplest makeup and hairstyles for a leading actress in history.’ Some netizens even claim that the beggar makeup and prison makeup in the drama look better than the main – line […]

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