In the late Qing dynasty, the robes worn by women in the flag were wide, straight and tough, and the clothes were ankle-long. "Yuanbao collar" is widely used. Cover your cheeks and touch your ears with the collar high. The robe is embroidered with various patterns, including collar, sleeves, lapels and a plurality of wide piping. During the reign of Xianfeng and Tongzhi, the inlay reached its peak, and some even the whole clothes were inlaid with lace, so that it was almost difficult to recognize the original material. The decoration of the flag gown is almost at its peak. At this time, the Qing Dynasty was facing the dilemma of internal troubles and foreign invasion. In order to save the nation and survive, the Westernization School of Qing Dynasty put forward the strategy of "taking middle school as the body and western learning as the use", sent a large number of international students to study abroad, and changed the army into a new army. Western-style student uniforms and hats, as well as western-style military uniforms and hats, first appeared among students and soldiers in China. The input of clothing provides another frame of reference for judging beauty, which directly affects the change of social clothing concept. Later, the cheongsam evolved into a new style that blended Chinese and western styles, and its changes influenced by the West can be said to be the beginning.
At the beginning of the 20th century, the political situation in China was ups and downs. The Revolution of 1911 abolished the imperial system, established the Republic of China, cut the braid, made it easy to wear, wiped out the feudal rulers of the Qing Dynasty, and sent the crown service hierarchy belonging to the feudal dynasty to the history museum, all of which created conditions for the extension of the new cheongsam. After the Revolution of 1911, the distinctive costumes of flag girls such as "Dara Wing" and "Flower Pot Bottom" disappeared overnight. ...
1924, the last emperor, Puyi, was expelled from the Forbidden City, and the Qing Dynasty crown costume became a swan song. Around 1920, the spring tide of the new culture movement awakened people's desire for beauty. During this period, Shanghai became a new exhibition platform decorated with women, and the pursuit of novelty and fashion in clothing became the social fashion at that time. Fashion women are doubly sensitive to politics and fashion.
After entering the 1930s, the shape of cheongsam is perfect and mature, which can be called a classic, making it difficult for future cheongsam to jump out of this silhouette, only slightly changing in length, fatness and decoration. Shanghai-style cheongsam, with the characteristics of western-style clothing, naturally became popular all over the country from Shanghai. In this way, as an important representative of Shanghai-style culture, Shanghai-style cheongsam became the mainstream of the 1930s cheongsam, and what we call the 1930s cheongsam is also Shanghai-style cheongsam. /kloc-the improved cheongsam that appeared in the late 1930s absorbed western-style cutting methods in structure, making the robe body more fit. Although the cheongsam was born out of the female robe of Yu Daqing Banner, it was completely different from the old system, and it became the standard dress for women in modern China with the characteristics of eclectic Chinese and western costumes.