A changshan is a traditional Manchu dress worn by men. In function,it is considered the male equivalent of the women's cheongsam (qipao). It is also known as a changpao or dagua. It was often worn by men with a magua or "riding jacket". These types of dress were widely adopted beginning under the Manchu rulers of the Qing dynasty,who required that men in certain positions wear this style.
A waistcoat,or vest (US),is a sleeveless upper-body garment. It is usually worn over a dress shirt and necktie and below a coat as a part of most men's formal wear. It is also sported as the third piece in the traditional three-piece male suit. Any given vest can be simple or ornate,or for leisure or luxury. Historically,the vest can be worn either in the place of or underneath a larger coat dependent upon the weather,wearer,and setting.
A suit or lounge suit is a set of clothes comprising a suit jacket and trousers of identical textiles worn with a collared dress shirt,necktie,and dress shoes. It is considered informal wear in Western dress codes. The lounge suit originated in 19th-century Britain as a more casual alternative for sportswear and British country clothing. After replacing the black frock coat in the early 20th century as regular daywear,a sober one-coloured suit became known as a lounge suit. A black lounge suit for professional occasions became known as a business suit and belongs to the day dress of the semi-formal wear dress code.
A blouse is a loose-fitting upper garment that was worn by workmen,peasants,artists,women,and children. It is typically gathered at the waist or hips so that it hangs loosely ("blouses") over the wearer's body. Today,the word most commonly refers to a girl's or woman's dress shirt. It can also refer to a man's shirt if it is a loose-fitting style,though it rarely is. Traditionally,the term has been used to refer to a shirt which blouses out or has an unmistakably feminine appearance.
Cufflinks are items of jewelry that are used to secure the cuffs of dress shirts. Cufflinks can be manufactured from a variety of different materials,such as glass,stone,leather,metal,precious metal or combinations of these. Securing of the cufflinks is usually achieved via toggles or reverses based on the design of the front section,which can be folded into position. There are also variants with chains or a rigid,bent rear section. The front sections of the cufflinks can be decorated with gemstones,inlays,inset material or enamel and designed in two or three-dimensional forms.
The hanbok or Chosŏn-ot is the traditional Korean clothes. The term "hanbok" literally means "Korean clothing".
A cuff is a layer of fabric at the lower edge of the sleeve of a garment at the wrist,or at the ankle end of a trouser leg. The function of turned-back cuffs is to protect the cloth of the garment from fraying,and,when frayed,to allow the cuffs to be readily repaired or replaced,without changing the garment. Cuffs are made by turning back (folding) the material,or a separate band of material can be sewn on,or worn separately,attached either by buttons or studs. A cuff may display an ornamental border or have lace or some other trimming. In US usage,the word trouser cuffs refers to the folded,finished bottoms of the legs of a pair of trousers. In the UK,while this usage is now sometimes followed,the traditional term for the turned up trouser hem is 'turnup'.
A tangzhuang (唐裝) is a kind of Manchu jacket with a straight collar. It is an updated form of the Qing magua,itself a more fashionable adaptation of the riding jacket once worn by Manchu horsemen.
A jobawi is a type of traditional Korean winter cap with earflaps which was worn by women and was made of silk. Since its first appearance in the late Joseon period,it has been widely worn as a substitute for the ayam. Although the jobawi was worn by the upper class as well as by commoners,it was mostly used by the yangban aristocracy of that time as a decorative headgear when they went out. In addition,the jobawi was worn not only as formal headgear,but also for special occasions. Even though a wearer was not in formal attire,if she wore a jobawi,the overall outfit could be considered as simple formal clothing.
The saekdongot is a type of hanbok,Korean traditional clothing,with colorful stripes by patchworking. It began to be used for hanbok since the Goryeo period. The name literally means "many colored (saekdong) clothes (ot)" in Korean. Saekdong reminds one of the rainbow,which in turn evokes thoughts of children's pure dreams. It was usually worn by children from the age of one to seven year old. Such appliances of saekdong has been used throughout hanbok such as jeogori,magoja,durumagi and among other garments.
The jeogori is a basic upper garment of the hanbok,a traditional Korean garment,which has been worn by both men and women. Men usually wear the jeogori with a baji or pants while women wear the jeogori with chima,or skirts. It covers the arms and upper part of the wearer's body.
Durumagi is a variety of po,or overcoat in hanbok,the Korean traditional garment. It is usually the topmost layer of clothing that is worn over jeogori (jacket) and baji (pants). Durumagi means "closed all around",and is also known as jumagui,juchaui or juui. Durumagi is worn not only to fend off the cold,but also for ceremonial purposes.
Kkachi durumagi is a children's colorful overcoat in hanbok,traditional Korean clothing,which was worn on Seollal,New Year's Day in the Lunar calendar. It was worn mostly by young boys and literally means "a magpie's overcoat". The clothes is also called obangjang durumagi which denotes "an overcoat of five directions". It was worn over jeogori and jokki while the wearer could put jeonbok over it. Kkachi durumagi was also worn along with headgear such as bokgeon,hogeon for young boys or gulle for young girls.
Dang'ui is a type of upper garment for women in hanbok,Korean traditional clothing,which was worn for ceremonial occasions during the Joseon Dynasty. It was worn as a simple official outfit or for small national ceremonies while court ladies wore it as a daily garment. Dangui was also called dang-jeogori (당저고리),dang-jeoksam (당적삼),or dang-hansam (당한삼).
Chima is a generic term for the skirt worn together with jeogori,or a short jacket in hanbok,Korean traditional clothing. It is also referred to as sang or gun in hanja in the Korean language.
The ruqun is a traditional Chinese attire which consists of a short jacket worn under a long skirt. However,when use as a general term,ruqun can broadly describe a set of attire which consists of a separated upper garment and a wrap-around lower skirt,or yichang,in which yi means upper garment,and chang means lower garment. In a broad sense,ruqun can include shanqun and aoqun in its definition.
A jang-ot (장옷/長衣) is a type of po worn by women of the Joseon Dynasty period as a veil to cover their faces. Jang-ot is similar to durumagi,or the outer jacket of a hanbok. The difference is a jang-ot has a collar (git) and a ribbon for tying (goreum).
Hanfu is the traditional styles of clothing worn by the Han people in China. There are several representative styles of hanfu,such as the ruqun,the aoqun,the beizi and the shenyi,and the shanku.
The magua was a style of jacket worn by males during the Qing dynasty (1644–1911),designed to be worn together with and over the manshi changshan (滿式長衫). Magua is at waist length,with five disc buttons on the front and slightly short,wide sleeves. The garment was available in a number of styles:singlet,clip,leather,cotton yarn quilted and others. It was worn by Manchu people throughout China from the reign of the Qing Shunzhi Emperor until the time of the Kangxi Emperor,,whence it became popular throughout Qing China.
Sokgot (속곳) is a collective noun for various types of traditional Korean undergarments. They were worn as part of a hanbok before the import of Western-style underwear. Women usually wore several layers of undergarments,the more layers they had the richer they were. Undergarments were considered very important,thus it happened that the quality and material of the underwear was better than that of the visible outer layers.
