#chinese lolita

[frederickfinds]

Broken lamb accessories 黑眼圈诊疗室原创设计

[frederickkittens]

Part 1 of my list of Chinese indie brands

It’s a lot to sort through and compile honestly so i wanted to start with a much smaller section that I think the people who interact with my account would find the most interest in:

Oldschool on taobao

Disclaimer: I’m not arguing semantics about a key word in a post made to highlight Chinese brands. Oldschool has always been used as short hand and as a key word to describe the aesthetics and style of pieces from a certain time and not just pieces actually from that time. If you’re actually confused: these are not authentically pre 2006 lolita shops: they’re simple shops that I think do a good job at emulating oldschool aesthetics, or have items that work well in oldschool coords. Disclaimer over now let’s get into the fun stuff

Shops with ❤️ next to their names are ones I’ve personally bought from and can discuss in more detail if wanted !

❤️Lace garden

vintage headbands shop

Mukumuro

❤️Totoro shop

❤️Flower bag shop

❤️summer clothing studio

❤️rococoheroine

sos meme club

sweetheart wonder house

rose and neverland

cyan cat

take shuya away

little bear lolita

❤️nobleman socks

big grocery store

a thousand trees

Antaina

Angelic imprint

Not everything from these shops works for oldschool and may not be everyone’s taste but I hope it helps!

I will be making follow up posts of specific oldschool items I’ve found that aren’t from shops that consistently sell oldschool. Thank you guys for being patient with me putting all this together.

[kaylakitsune]

Blood and Tears 🥀

📸: lian.popo

[dollfromtheattic]

💐🍓 𝓜𝓸𝓸𝓷 𝓡𝓲𝓿𝓮𝓻-𝓢𝓮𝓬𝓻𝓮𝓽 𝓢𝓽𝓻𝓪𝔀𝓫𝓮𝓻𝓻𝔂 𝓖𝓪𝓻𝓭𝓮𝓷 🍓💐

[kiyonipahcosplay]

Happy Birthday! Furina (10/13)

Genshin Impact - Furina Cosplay (Chinese Style Lolita Dress)

[daisy-mori]

Just broke my buy ban to buy this JSK, oops. I wanted to buy it when it was up for reservation, didn't, regretted it... Now that I saw it for sale in a reseller, I couldn't resist!!

Now let's wait for it to come in months from now!

[frederickfinds]

New year new brands day 4: magic of utopia

Xiaohongshu

Taobao

A brand that effortlessly blends substyles to make really unique and captivating pieces.

They have a very recognizable and elegant style and always make such unique macabre accessories like their grave purse and strawberry skeleton jewelry

[frederickkittens]

Infanta chandelier op

[kaylakitsune]

CATCOCOON

📸: catcocoon_official

[dollfromtheattic]

🌸 🦢 𝓡𝓸𝓼𝓮𝓽𝓽𝓪 𝓢𝔀𝓪𝓷 - 𝓢𝓹𝓻𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓢𝓸𝓷𝓪𝓽𝓪 🦢 🌸

[fuckyeahchinesefashion]

dress by 炭团洋服社

[starwarskawaii]

*looks outside at the smoke* I hope the world doesn't end before I get my taobao order

[lolita-wardrobe]

New Release: ROSERUINS [-Camellia and Snake-] Qi Lolita Top Wear and Jumper Dress

◆ Shopping Link >>> https://lolitawardrobe.com/roseruins-camellia-and-snake-qi-lolita-new-chinese-style-lolita-top-wear-and-jumper-dress_p8515.html

[fouryearsofshades]

Some Chinese fashion styles

Disclaimer: The following styles and their definitions were observed by me and are not authoritative. I am only familiar with Hanfu and if I made mistakes and picked the wrong photo examples or fraud shops, please let me know. Also, this post focused on women's fashion because 1. I am not into men's fashion so I don't know much about them. 2. The algorithm also knew that so I don't really see them.

汉服/Hànfú

传统服饰/Chuántǒng fúshì （传服/chuán fú）

清汉女/Qīng hàn nǚ

旗装/Qí zhuāng

旗袍/Qípáo

新国风/Xīn guó fēng、新中式/Xīn zhōngshì 汉元素/hàn yuánsù 茶艺服/Cháyì fú or 茶服/chá fú 唐装/Tángzhuāng 中山装/Zhōngshānzhuāng.

汉服/Hànfú

The ethnic clothing of Han Chinese (not the Han Dynasty).

There was a prohibition of Han clothing and hair styles in Qing dynasty, i.e. the 剃发易服/Tìfā yìfú qu Queue Ordinance, so modern hanfu is an on-going revivalist moment.

Modern hanfu are based on archeological evidences with minor twists to suit modern like, such as the type of fabric used and cut.

As a result, there are many types of garments and sub-styles. The figure above shows some examples.

While which style should be included and promoted is a constant debate, but in general, the cutout line is the Qing dynasty (however small accessories such as purses are alright).

传统服饰/Chuántǒng fúshì （传服/chuán fú）

No example because I am not sure who identified with this label.

The Chinese traditional clothing.

This either referred to historical clothing restorers (regardless of ethnicity) or people who promoted that the traditional clothing of Han people should be in the late Ming dynasty style, since "people should get up at where they had fallen".

They might be agreeable with the hanfu movement or not.

清汉女/Qīng hàn nǚ

The clothing of women of Han Chinese in the Qing dynasty.

Since the Queue Ordinance wasn't that strictly enforced on Han women, the Han women clothing in the Qing dynasty had quickly absorbed Manchurian's elements while retaining the characteristic two-piece silhouette. (Manchurian women wore a one-piece robe.)

I believed it appeared around 2019 when the styles of hanfu had moved to fully embroidered surface to a more tone down brocade or weaved patterns.

旗装/Qí zhuāng

The ethnic clothing of Man people (Manchurian).

The women's clothing are generally in round collar opened on the left (youren) with straight sleeves.

The most basic item is a 衬衣/chènyī, which doesn't have vents.

However, the most common item I have seen on the street is a 氅衣/chǎng yī (probably rented), which should be worn on top of 衬衣, since they have side vents.

They usually have no standing-up collar but in some cases a fake collar could be worn.

On top of changyi they could wear a 马褂/mǎguà、坎肩/kǎnjiān、褂裥/guà jiǎn.

旗袍/Qípáo

The Chinese clothing of women originated from the Minguo era, known in English as qipao or cheongsam.

The male equivalent is 长衫/chángshān.

Currently in style is the retro-cut, while uses the traditional flat cut (no shoulder seam) instead of the more body-hugging modern draping style.

There are also many variations and cuts, but the overall silhouette is similar.

新国风/Xīn guó fēng、新中式/xīn zhōngshì

Innovative clothing that was inspired by Chinese traditional aesthetic.

It is an umbrella term.

汉元素/hàn yuánsù refers to clothing inspired by hanfu specifically, while xinguofeng could be inspired by qipao and other ethnic clothing. In addition, hanyuansu is a term more familair to hanfu-ers, so the target audience is slightly different between hanyuansu and xinguofeng.

茶艺服/Cháyì fú or 茶服/chá fú,i.e tea dress, which aimed to convey a zen and rustic aesthetic could also be considered a sub-style. They are often worn by retirees, artists or workers in tea shops, calligraphy shops, Chinese spas, Chinese traditional medicine clinics etc.

The older "Chinese style" generally refers to 唐装/Tángzhuāng and 中山装/Zhōngshānzhuāng.

Tangzhuang (Tang Suit) was a men suit characterized with a mandarin collar with a row of 盘扣/pán kòu frogs in the middle. There are two pockets at the bottom front of the suit. It was a well-known looked worldwide due to the 2001 APEC summit. However, other clothes resembled a 马褂/mǎguà could also be called a tangzhuang.

Zhongshanzhuang was designed and named after Sun Yat-sen but was often known in English as the Mao Suit. Mao Suit was characterised with a 关门领/Guānmén lǐng（“closed-door collar", but also known as Mao collar in English) with a row of round buttons. There are four pockets at the front of the suit.

中华lolita/Zhōnghuá lolita

A sub-style of the lolita fashion inspired by cheongsam/qipao, hanfu or other Chinese artistic elements.

The same item could appeared in different styles, but with different cut and accessories. The following examples showed a mamianqun used in different styles.

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[frederickfinds]

New year new brands day 3: carton cat

Taobao

Xiaohongshu

Despite being a relatively new brand that debuted early 2024 carton cat has quickly become a favorite for me.

Between being very friendly and interactive on xiaohongshu and making a genuine effort to consistently provide accessible sizing (AND expand their size range already with only 2 releases) they really seem to be putting in the effort as a brand.

I’m excited to see what they do in the future, especially with talks of expanded into making blouses and more accessories for future releases.

[frederickkittens]

Infanta 2010-2013