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Face cream and powder became fashionable daily necessities, western cosmetics like Pond’s and Vaseline entered the market gradually. Those relieved breasts stand upright beneath cheongsam instead of being pressed down by tight waistcoat or bandages.
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The anti-foot-binding movement, and anti-breast-binding movement set Chinese women’s feet and breasts free after a 1000 years of restrain. For the first time, Chinese women were able to be sexy. It was not impossible that Wuan Rong got her inspiration of hair style from those prostitutes.īut as more and more women were able to get education, pretty female students were all over the street, leading to another kind of refreshing trend that even the prostitutes started to copy.Ĭheongsam also came to prosperity. They liked shopping, going to theatre and dancing, they walked about with the rich, and they made a living by preening up to seduce man. To be frank, many trends were lead by prostitutes in the early 20 th century. Restrictive Manchu woman dresses disappear from people’s life shortly as China stepped into the 20 th century. Now that the emperor was willing to stand behind his seated wife, values can change over night.
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The Revolution of 1911 not only overthrew monarchy but also upset the aesthetic norm of the late Qing Dynasty. At that time, cheongsam and curl hair were beautiful, suit and tie were handsome, even the act that man play the guarding role was consider beauty. The most popular photo of the two features Wuan Rong sitting on the arm chair in her elegant cheongsam, while the young emperor in white suit standing behind her like her guard.Ī photo can tell more than a church. Wuan Rong would perm her hair curl sometimes, while the young empire would dress in suit. I’ve seen a couple of photos featuring Fuyi, China’s last emperor and his queen Wuan Rong. Analyzing the making of women’s beauty can give us a read on the spirit of the time and its aesthetic ability. The standards may differ from time to time, but one fact never changes that women’s temperament, aura, mindset, thinking and action will all glow through their appearances.
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Women strive to make themselves beautiful to live up the beauty standard in their imagination. 侯虹斌 is the author of the Chinese version.) (The following content is translated from New Weekly via Netease.