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Ming Dynasty Lady, Summer Palace Beijing 明朝女. 颐和园



Photography by: 蝈蝈小姐
Dress Provider: 汉客丝路 
Jewerly + Accesories: 万-宝-德传统手工艺
Model: 李钰_ayu 

Ming dynasty noblewoman's silk dress with embroidered silk thread sleeves.
Photographed in the Summer Palace of Beijing














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Der said…
So frumpy and conservative. The Ming fashions seem like the Victorian Era of China when it comes to woman's fashions. I think I prefer Tang fashions, more exotic and more form fitting.
August 6, 2020 at 9:19 PM
T. G. said…
Really? They remind me of Byzantine fashion among royals.
September 1, 2022 at 9:50 AM
Dragon's Armory said…
@Der, yes, I could say the same for the Tang as well, though these are stately portraits, or ancestral portraits. Essentially mom and pop after they passed where we see them dressed in their "suits."

Normal Ming fashion for women are more casual and some do accentuate their femininity more. Still, I prefer that of the Tang. Tang had this impulse of doing and striving more. That sense of dynamism was also seen in its women's fashion. Early Tang women were simply dressed and later Tang- like that of the Ming preferred to depict them as jewel- bedecked stately demigods.

@T.G. The Byzantine looking ones are for the Empresses. The gaudy amount of pearls does look somewhat reminiscent of Byzantine icons of their sovereigns yes.
September 1, 2022 at 1:45 PM
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