…I really like these o.o
I can’t believe there’s not a tumblr one, though!
Reblogging for my sister because she loves this sort of thing
Fashion Timeline History of Vietnamese Clothing (and Ao Dai).
A few of my refs here.
I love historical clothing and seeing how it evolves. I’ve longed to see the evolution of Vietnamese clothing but always came up empty handed due to lack of information… until now. I owe a lot of the references to the documentary “Searching for Vietnamese Clothing” (which impressively took the filmmaker’ 3 decades to research) and the sources on the Internet. I created this timeline because as a visual person, I like to know how clothing changed by seeing it side by side.
I attempted to make a timeline with only primary references (i.e. paintings, sculptures, and photographs from that time period). I tried to stay true to the original sources’ as much as possible but I can’t say that this is completely accurate. A few art pieces were really hard to decipher (the sitting Buddhist statues in particular) and not being able to see them in person required me to take some educated guesses. I used my own color preferences with the statues that did not have color to reference from. Regrettably I had to skip a few early dynasties because artifacts of those eras seem to have been lost to time or too stylized.
Continually a work in progress and more may be added.
Artist Observations:
* Le Dynasty wins for being the most stylish and varied. IMO.
* The colors in Fig. 1 is largely hypothetical. Having no clue what colors the Dong Son culture wore I decided to take inspiration from various ethnic tribes. The pattern on her yellow sash thingy (words fail me, bah) came from an Ao Dai which coincidentally had a pattern that came from a Dong Son drum. Coming full circle here. Lol.
*Due to approximately 1,000 years of on and off Chinese domination, the clothing shares qualities to Hanfu but contains tell-tale differences. Dong Son Culture (fig. 1) is the time period before any Han influence takes place.
* On average, people wore 3-5 layers of clothing. The climate could be cold (e.g. the Northern regions) and 16-18th century scarves and gloves have been excavated.
* Sleeves could reach to 40cm and were typically the length of chin to waist.
* Skirts were banned in 1826 as they were deemed to be “unseemingly”. Not all women followed suit as it was easier to work in skirts than pants.
* Buttoned up collars and buttoned clothing does not seem to appear until the 19th century (perhaps late 18th century at the earliest). Interestingly this change seems to coincide with the advent of French Imperialism/Colonization. Collars started rather low but gradually got higher and closer together.
* The Ao Tu Than (Fig. 9, 10 and 12) is still around today but as it stopped evolving in the 20th century I decided to concentrate on the Ao Dai (long shirt).
* The conical rice hat was originally worn by men (which can be seen in many photographs with Nguyen dynasty soldiers) and only became part of women’s wear sometime in the 20th century.this is the coolest. thing. i love how a lot of the oldest styles actually feel the most modern in a way.
Widyaan The Fashion Valley By Shahid Afridi Lawn Collection 2011 (1/2)
oh my yes
I like innocence, Daisy, and violence…
Nice.
these are absolutely stunning:D
Just wow!
So beautiful.
What the Victorians thought fashion would look like in 1952…(1881)
-via msbluesky
(via kohlsmearedeyes)
guys
The one in blue looks like she was drawn by CLAMP.
I started redesigning my OC, Panna, last night and then I just couldnt stop. She is a nue, which is like a chimera. I didn’t end up changing her story much, just tweaking a few areas. But, I had a great deal of fun doing these. it’s relaxing and almost therapeutic aha
10 points to Gryffindor if you can guess the two points of origin in her outfitsAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah
OMG SHE SO PRETTY
DIES
Emma Frost | The White Queen.
A quick design, but the thinking behind it was: if she’s called The White Queen, why shouldn’t her costume be connected to that? With that in mind, I looked up a couple of Elizabethan outfits and went from there, while trying to keep it true to her origins as a member of the Hellfire Club.
The trinity is jumbled up and hurled back into the past, and the armor is super neat. Which leaguer do you think has the best medieval design?
DC Antiquity, by John Staub.
