#like hanfus and qipaos

[konjacjellysoup]

Southeast-asian chinese miku but she’s a 4th gen immigrant who’s never gotten to try hanfu on in her life because we only have cheongsams here,,,

i’m also part peranakan so heres peranakan miku

[fellow-fandom-fruitifier]

I just spent hours googling about different cultures/ethnicities and their traditional clothing bcz I want 2 draw all my OC’s in them (in their cultures/ethnicities traditional garments I mean). If I get one (1) thing wrong I’m going to s c r e a m. 😭😭

I’m debating whether or not 2 add them holding a signature/traditional food. I really want 2 do it but I also don’t want to wade through the internet and Wikipedia again. ONE OF THE WIKIPEDIA’S I WAS LOOKING 4 A SPECIFIC TYPE OF HANFU ON WAS ONLY IN CHINESE, I SPENT SO LONG LOOKING 4 INFO ON THIS HANFU BTW, AND I JUST SAT THERE DEBATING WHETHER OR NOT I SHOULD GOOGLE TRANSLATE IT OR GIVE UP AND FIND A DIFFERENT HANFU STYLE. IM GOING INSANE

[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���/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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[balestrra]

The Mirage Saloon proprietress Primadonna, and her trusted employee, Ms Rose

[asteryx196]

PRETTY

Miss Rarity’s prepared for Lunar New Year. 🐲

[radioactivespiderblood]

Traditional Clothes for Batkids

DC should let Damian and Cass wear traditional clothes to galas/for formal wear in general. Like imagine Cass in a vintage qipao and Damian in shalwar kameez like:

I couldn't find any sufficiently cunty photos on men's Shalwar Kameez so you'll just have to pretend these are pictures of men. Also, these were the least AI generated looking images I could find.

Or both in Hanfu:

I mean Talia's mom IS from Shanghai folks, he IS Chinese!

Like, why WOULDN'T you want this?

[ziseviolet]

Qipao/Cheongsam Taobao Shop Recs

A while ago I received a direct message asking for recs on where to buy qipao/cheongsam, and I figured I’d make a post for others who’d also be interested. 

First of all - I think qipao should be tried on and bought in-person if at all possible, since having the right fit is important - especially if it’s for a formal occasion like a wedding. However, since that’s often not possible, I’ve compiled a list of online shop recs, mainly for more casual occasions.

Since English-language online qipao shops are plentiful and easy to find, I’ll be focusing this list on Taobao shops only. Please note that these are my personal recs, based on my own aesthetic preferences. Thus most of the recs are for shops focused on retro-inspired, minguo-style qipao made using the traditional 平裁/pingcai (flat tailoring) method. Also, I have not actually purchased qipao from any of these shops (all my qipao were bought in person) - this is based mainly on how appealing I find the designs.

1. 嬉姷/Xi You - Elegant qipao modelled closely on historical designs, mainly from the Republican era/minguo. Careful attention paid to historical details. My favorite qipao shop to browse for fun:

2. 海上芳时/Shanghai Fancy - Specializes in chic minguo-style designs of the 1920s-1940s. Recently came out with a neat art deco-inspired collection:

3. 唐之语/Tang Zhi Yu - Retro-style qipao in a variety of bold prints, with a focus on the form-fitting designs of the 1950s-1960s, including those from the film “In the Mood for Love”:

4. 繁莳/Fancy Dream - Dreamy, delicate retro-inspired qipao and modified qipao. Also has a nice selection of winter majia (vests):

5. Top Ulara - A large selection of classic, retro-style qipao with a hint of glamour. Offers lots of long/thick/layered qipao suitable for colder weather:

6. 梦回故里/Menghui Guli - Nostalgic, conservative retro-style qipao for all seasons. Old-fashioned in a good way:

7. 晴山制衣/Qingshan Zhiyi - Retro-style qipao in fresh, vivid colors and an interesting variety of designs and patterns:

8. 限时赏味/Xianshi Shangwei - Streamlined, retro-style qipao in subtle colors and prints that exemplify understated elegance: 

9. 茉茉/Momo - Tons of options for simple, cute, and casual retro-style qipao suitable for daily wear. Designs tend towards monochromes and all-over prints. Another review/rec here:

10. 如及/Yu Gallery - Simple yet elegant retro-style and contemporary qipao. I love the shop’s use of sheer fabrics & layering in its designs:

11. 向南飞FLY - Offers a selection of casually stylish retro-style qipao and modified qipao for daily chic:

12. 川黛/Chuan Dai - Soft, feminine, pastel-infused qipao & modified qipao in retro-inspired and contemporary styles:

13. 四斤自制/Sijin Studio - Creative, avant-garde takes on (modified) qipao & qipao-inspired outfits:

14. 密扇/Mukzin - Colorful, playful, and irreverent modified qipao and qipao-inspired outfits. There’s also an English website here:

If you like the above qipao but still want an English website, there are several Taobao resellers that carry similar designs - for example, Beth and Brian Qipao. The hanfu shop Nuwa Hanfu also offers a carefully curated array of qipao, including plus-size qipao.

Finally, when it comes to in-person shops, I want to highlight Xiangjiang Silk Co., a relatively new boutique in New York City specializing in actual vintage 1950s-1960s qipao. There’s an article here on the boutique and its founder Heather Guo (who was featured in Vogue). Store visits are appointment-only, so you’ll have to reach out to Heather via her social media if you want to drop by.

If anyone has reviews of the above shops and/or more qipao shop recs, please share! ^^

Bonus: I also have online shop recs for hanfu (1, 2), modified hanfu/hanyuansu (1, 2), hanfu accessories, weimao, and hair accessories. 

[rainbow-zebra-art]

Full-color character commission for CodyMacArthurFett!

We started with the idea of "what kind of Chinese-inspired dress Nora would wear to her wedding with Lie Ren". And it escalated quickly! Designing these outfits turned out to be a tricky task too. So tricky that Cody decided to turn two of three options into finished pieces 😄

For both outfits, it's the color combination of Ren's green and Nora's pink color. The cloud embroidery is supposed to allude to Nora's theme and Semblance (thunder and lightning). Adding the dragon image was suggested by Cody, and I think it's very appropriate for the RWBY universe, keeping in mind the two Gods who created Remnant. The hair jewelry includes various lotus variations (Ren's symbol) and the first one also includes hearts (Nora's symbol).

Form-wise, the first dress is inspired by Chinese qipao, but with a more "fantasy" rendition. Eventually, we came to the thought that it can fit into the "fancy going out dress" narrative more. The second is inspired by one of the hanfu types, also known as qiyao ruqun (waist-positioned dress). And it has a wedding headdress.

Well, that's enough of my obscure chatter! Let me and Cody know: which outfit do you like more and why? We're collecting statistics at this point! 😁 P.S. With Cody's permission, I published all the sketches for this commission on my Boosty: https://boosty.to/rainbowzebra

[project-sekai-facts]

Here's a fun little Project Sekai fact! Almost all of your faves have appropriated other cultures as costumes and some have even done blackface. If you're supporting this game and refusing to make a meaningful statement about it beyond "b-b-but i said it was bad! 🥺", you are fucking racist.

You're either anti-racist, or you're a pro-seka blog. Choose one. You can't be both.

Basically everything is problematic and actually I have criticised the cultural appropriation and racism present in the game multiple times, at no point have I refused to acknowledge it (and you’re not the first person to send an anon in). You can play the game and be anti-racist actually it’s called being critical of the media you consume and having social awareness, we’ve been over this. Everything is problematic you probably like problematic media too.

Yeah the game did revival my dream and that was fucking racist, the costumes are stereotypical and they didn’t research into any specifc native culture they just wanted to make something that would get them money. it’s not princess mononoke put the trained costumes next to each other, the trained costumes are heavily stylised to look "pretty and fashionable" and forego accuracy. I’m aware of that, I’ve said this before multiple times but you wouldn’t know that because you just randomly came here to send me this message.

Then there's also the kamikou sports fes set. Luka's qipao is very obviously altered for the sake of fanservice which is just so wrong, do not sexualise other cultures for money. Rui's I think is meant to be some sort of military hanfu? But quite stylised, which again for someone outside the original culture to stylise a traditional outfit just is a no-go because you will probably get things wrong. Mizuki's outfit seems to be based on Qi-lolita and there's a whole thing surrounding that about whether you should wear it if you aren't chinese.

and then there's the island panic cards which are both orientalist. yes, not just the boys, the girls too. the outfits aren't based on any specific culture and just mishmash different swana and south asian cultures and stereotypes together to make something that looks "exotic".

If you notice a recurring thing is that all of these are in some way wxs related, and wonder why that is, it’s because they’re the theatre unit. They wear costumes, these are just cultures being appropriated as stage outfits, because the devs don’t care they just want a quick bit of money.

all of these are horribly common in idol games and gacha games, not just project sekai, and it's important to recognise the problems rather than just blindly consuming it. If it makes money, devs will continue to include ca, recognise that.

and yeah puchiseka episode 6 happened at no point have i ever denied that. it should have never happened but it did and at the very least the fandom was able to rally together and get sega to take it down. even after they did that sega and clpl should still be held accountable for even letting it be released. while they didn't make the episode, that was entirely handled by an external company (who should also be held accountable for their actions - we're never getting a second season for a reason), sega still released it knowing full well the contents. it wasn't ganguro like people said it was extremely clearly based on a very racist and crude interpretation of african tribes, and for part of a joke no less. It was disgusting. And it’s not ganguro like how people defend it; ganguro is part of the gyaru subculture and the outfits in that episode were not that. there is no defence for what happened. at the very least, it was impressive that the fandom called out the episode and actually got staff to listen and learn. that doesn't happen in other games, and we managed to do it again with rmd. the fanbase is calling the game out and actually educating staff. It’s just critical consumption - fans of the media were able to recognise that the episode was racist and correctly called out management with enough of a voice to make staff correct their mistakes. They apologised, it’s not my apology to accept, and I still hold them accountable for the fact it even happened.

This probably all makes me sound like a white saviour, and I don’t want to speak over the people affected by this, but that’s what you wanted, isn’t it? You probably have me blocked already and never followed me in the first place, but if you really wanted to call out racism, then maybe you should’ve sent this to blogs that do turn a blind eye to the flaws in this game, not one that calls them out. Why just me? Was it because of the username, because you’re not the first person to make that quip. I know you won’t see this anon, but a word of advice. Most media is problematic one way or another, you can enjoy something but still be aware of and acknowledge its problems. Project sekai is not made with the intent of encouraging or funding harmful behaviour, yet it still includes some harmful content. Call it out, educate staff and tell them not to do it again, they listened once they can do it again.

[nemiisnemisis]

thoughts gurgling

mainly art ideas I'll probably never get to:

leona in hanfu.

leona in qipao.

making leona wear one of those period drama outfits.

cultivation au! leona.

"oh but nemi cant you just sketch these out-"

I CANT. IF I'M DOING THIS I CANT HALF ASS IT BC ITS MY CULTURE AND I CANT DO MY OWN CULTURE DIRTY LIKE THAT 😭

also i need better references other than pinterest. issue is: I DONT KNOW WHAT OTHER PLACE I CAN GO FOR REFERENCES OTL

[lunar-eclipse-bunnies]

this is my first official tumblr dtiys ong

i've been on tumblr for three ish years? and only really grew when i joined lego fandoms, so i think its FINALLY time i host my own dtiys!

the rules are as follows:

1.] must include at least one form (kid nya or mei, teen nya/adult mei, elemental forms, etc) (does not need to be full body) 2.] draw from either their many canon oufits OR Chinese fashion, like hanfus or qipaos. 3.] use the tag #lunas400dtiys and tag me in your submission post so i can see it (spam me if i don't respond or reblog it in a few days, i might have missed it!) extra: PLEASE don't tag them as family or sisters. they are either friends or girlfriends, whichever is more palatable to you. headcanons are also super allowed, draw your own hc mei/nya, i wanna see em! last of all i look forward to other peoples' compositions should they choose multiple characters have fun with the composition, colors, forms, etc! just have fun with the idea of a funny little crossover!

the prizes are as follows:

first place - 2 characters, full body, fully colored + cleanly lined piece second place - 1 character, full body, fully colored + sketchily lined piece third place - 1 character, waist & up, some color + sketchily lined

DEADLINE: NOVEMBER 30, 2023

art without the text & flats under the cut:

[sk3tch404]

ℍ𝕚, 𝕀 𝕟𝕖𝕧𝕖𝕣 𝕕𝕚𝕕 𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕓𝕖𝕗𝕠𝕣𝕖, 𝕤𝕠 𝕀'𝕞 𝕜𝕚𝕟𝕕𝕒 𝕟𝕖𝕣𝕧𝕠𝕦𝕤, 𝕙𝕒𝕙𝕒. ℂ𝕒𝕟 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕕𝕠 𝕒 𝕄𝕠𝕕𝕖𝕣𝕟 ℂ𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕖𝕤𝕖 𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕕𝕖𝕣 𝕩 𝕐𝕒𝕟𝕕𝕖𝕣𝕖 𝕎𝕦 ℂ𝕙𝕒𝕟𝕘? ℂ𝕒𝕦𝕤𝕖 𝕀'𝕞 𝕒𝕝𝕤𝕠 ℂ𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕖𝕤𝕖 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕨𝕒𝕟𝕟𝕒 𝕤𝕖𝕖 𝕤𝕠𝕞𝕖 𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕔𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟. 𝔻𝕠𝕟'𝕥 𝕔𝕒𝕣𝕖 𝕚𝕗 𝕚𝕥'𝕤 𝕒 𝕕𝕠𝕠𝕕𝕝𝕖 𝕠𝕣 𝕒 𝕙𝕖𝕒𝕕𝕔𝕒𝕟𝕠𝕟, 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕔𝕒𝕟 𝕕𝕠 𝕚𝕥 𝕙𝕠𝕨𝕖𝕧𝕖𝕣 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕨𝕒𝕟𝕥 :𝔻 𝕋𝕙𝕒𝕟𝕜 𝕪𝕠𝕦!!!

Yandere Wu Chang with a Chinese reader who is from modern day

Reaction and a little bit of headcanons!

Also tysm for sending an ask in! If my reqs are ever open, feel free to just go for it ^^ Ik how scary it is to send one in. Especially if the creator has other asks they've been working on, and the paranoia of breaking rules. But you're fine!

Also please correct me if i had gotten anything wrong about Chinese culture. I had only retained some information from a historical accuracy review video and somewhat prior information. Please educate me if you can or like to!

"My, isn't that interesting?" Bi'an walks over and sits next to you, placing his umbrella to the side, "Tell me, how has society progressed through the years? You said your original time was 2023 right?"

You nod, slightly flustered from his sudden interest. Bi'an is suddenly dropped over with a black liquid, and then appears Wujiu, "It seems the rumors are true. Do tell us more Y/n."

Both are ECSTATIC

There were rumors floating around that you were from the future when you first entered. Considering that they're in a manor containing all sorts of supernatural occurrences and people, they weren't all that shocked by it.

Not to say they weren't incredibly curious though! Though Wujiu was more excited than Bi'an hehe.

They talk extensively about you and what the future may hold. What kind of inventions have been made? How have clothing trends changed? Is this person still popular or at least known? How would the people of your time feel about this certain social custom?

What was your daily life? Did anybody give you trouble? Why was this "internet" filled with such strange and quite frankly disturbing content? (Oncler simps /j) Is this why your posture was so bad? Douyin makeup and fashion? Wow they look like dolls! But they amount of product they use in order to attain such a look is quite much sometimes haha.

OH MY GOD THE CHINESE FANTASY/HISTORICAL DRAMAS? They're absolutely entranced by it. Bi'an mostly comments on how historically inaccurate they are, and how outrageous the characters are.

Bi'an: Ah no, this is incorrect as well. The main lady should not be in such fine condition after such a dilemma. I'm surprised she had not been given rags to wear and executed by the emperor instead... What an interesting tale.

Wujiu usually makes passing comments on how they're all attractive, and talks as if he was in the drama itself.

Wujiu: HOLY SHIT IF YOU DON'T JUST FIGHT THIS MISTRESS, WOMAN IM GOING TO DO IT FOR YOU.

Takes everything seriously there 😭 Bi'an has to switch in order to apologize to you and tell Fan he's scaring you.

Since you adorn such simple clothing, they question you about Chinese culture a lot. Had such articles of clothing been lost to time? What traditions are still practiced? Wait, the average are allowed people cut their hair? How shocking! Isn't that disrespectful to their parents? Er, which ruler is in charge of the north now?

Once you tell them all of the things that connect you to your chinese heritage, they will try and do EVERYTHING you used to do.

New Year's was it? Ah they have been on a westerners calendar for a while, so they have not been up to date. Well, this calls for special red envelopes and beautiful clothing does it not?

Adorns you only in the most beautiful traditional clothing. Hanfu's are flowy and can be quite modest, but Qipao's can be intricate and beautifully simple. Oh but you could also wear a Tangzhuang. Matching with them, what a dream come true! So cute you are... Agh, they just can't pick! Why do you have to be so beautiful?

They are also surprised by how modern traditional clothing has become. Clothing like that would've been years worth of salary for the average man! How lucky you are to be able to wear such things for a price.

Although they doll you up and celebrate with you, you aren't allowed to do anything more than to stay with them and obey the usual rules during all of it.

Damn, you don't even get anything of real material value in the red envelope. It's a love letter and a small gift. Usually jewelry or something of that minimal sort. (The gift is meaningless to you as you receive all kinds of unwanted things from them 24/7)

They are glad you are of the same ethnic background of them! You both may have not been from the same place or time, but you two both have a personal understanding of each other's identity.

Partaking in various conversations about culture, technology, celebrating traditions, partially speaking in similar language... All and more of these things have them head over heels for you.

You're just perfect! How could they ever have been so lucky to encounter someone like you in this afterlife? Although they wish not to have experienced such past hardships, they're glad all of that had amounted to this moment.

It thrills them to know that they understand you more than anyone else in this manor. No one else could spend time and appreciate you like this here. It's only them who can truly make you feel at home. A home with them. Your lovers.

Perhaps being in this wretched manor has brought something worthwhile after all. Even if they don't win, at least they have something they can bring back with them.

[princess-of-the-corner]

On the missed chances with ML costumes, I can list:

Ladybug not dressing like a Xianxia character (the story became automatically THIS close the moment they revealed there was a way to get rid of the timer). This extends to all her other forms... And would be based on the hanfu, not the much later qipao (thus bonus points for not being sexy)

Adrien not dressing the tackiest possible way when his father crosses the line

Volpina not being cool and/or sexy (we know Lila)

Queen Bee not having a proper battle ballgown fit for a queen

Ryuko not being a frilly magical girl

Purple Tigress not being wrestling themed

Pegasus not being a Winged Hussar

What else did I miss?

The very basic opportunity to give the Heroes actual animal parts instead of just costume pieces?

[spicybeefnoodles]

author's choice

a/n: i, of course, had to do my fav earthrealm poly relationship

summary: kenshi and kung lao have planned out an anniversary with raiden and johnny

warnings: suggestive at the end :)

Kung Lao flattened his qipao, checking in the mirror whether everything looked okay and if anything seemed out of place. He wanted everything to be perfect for this anniversary. He and Kenshi had been planning this for weeks, making sure all of their schedules lined up nicely and had nearly threatened Liu Kang for making sure that he didn’t send any of them on any missions today or the next day. Of course, now that the day had come, Kung Lao was having second thoughts. What if Raiden didn’t like it? What if it was too simple for Johnny? Kung Lao pressed the heels of his palms into his eyelids and groaned. He would just have to trust in his and Kenshi’s planning skills.

Taking a deep breath, Kung Lao walked out of the bathroom and found Kenshi sitting on the bed. Kenshi perked up at the sound of the bathroom door opening and reached out for the hat wielder. Kung Lao reached his hand out and intertwined their fingers together, the feeling of Kenshi’s calloused hands grounding him back in reality.

“Do you think Johnny and Raiden will like the surprise?” Kung Lao mumbled, pulling Kenshi up and flicking off invisible dust from Kenshi’s suit.

“I’m sure that they will love it.” Kenshi pressed a quick kiss to Kung Lao’s cheek. “Where did the usual Kung Lao go? You’re so humble right now for such an arrogant man.”

Kung Lao scoffed and slapped Kenshi’s arm as he led the swordsman out of the bedroom and to the living room to wait for Raiden and Johnny to show up, “I just want everything to be perfect, that’s all.”

Kenshi hummed, and the two of them sat down on the couch in the living room of Kung Lao’s apartment. The hat wielder bounced his knee up and down in rapid anticipation for the two while Kenshi rubbed circles into the back of Kung Lao’s hand, trying to calm down the nervous Shaolin.

“Hmm, you know. I can think of something to help you relax.” Kenshi said, tugging Kung Lao into his lap. The Shaolin blushed and opened his mouth to protest, but Kenshi just slotted their lips together, and Kung Lao melted into the kiss, gripping on the back of Kenshi’s neck and pulling him closer. The two of them kissed on the couch for a few minutes, getting lost in their own world, until they heard a rapid knock on the door.

Kung Lao pulled away and jumped off Kenshi’s lap, hurriedly tugging at the swordsman to get up so that they could greet Raiden and Johnny. Kenshi laughed, a little disappointed his make-out session with Kung Lao had been interrupted but excited to see the others nonetheless. The Shaolin flung open the door and was greeted with a smiling Raiden and an excited looking Johnny dressed in a traditional hanfu and a qipao, respectively.

“Raiden! Johnny! You’re here!” Kung Lao threw himself onto Raiden, and the Earthrealm Champion gave an amused chuckle and kissed Kung Lao. Johnny grabbed onto Kenshi’s hand and pulled him in for a brief kiss as well.

“Come on! Come on! We can’t miss our reservation! Madam Bo will give it away if we don’t arrive on time!” Kung Lao pushed them all hurriedly to walk toward the restaurant.

Along the way, Johnny gawked at the lanterns in the air and the colorful red banners put up everywhere and nearly crashed into a few children running around with long dragon puppets and sparklers. It was Lunar New Year in the small village of Fengjian, and Kung Lao had to cut a very big deal with Madam Bo to get her to save a seat for them on Lunar.

They arrived at the restaurant a few minutes early, but Madam Bo happily led them to their seats, pinching Kung Lao and Raiden’s cheeks lovingly and getting a bit teary-eyed at how grown up they all were now. She took their orders and left, leaving the group to chat and relax for a little longer.

Their food came out soon, bowls of steaming dumpling, noodles, and everything in between piling onto the table as they each got a small bowl of rice and an extra plate for holding the dishes. Kung Lao heaped piles of food on Johnny’s plate, saying that he needed to eat more while Raiden and Kenshi talked in the background, watching with barely concealed amusement as Johnny weakly protested at the amount of food piled onto his plate.

By the end of the night, they were all fully stuffed with food, and Kung Lao pulled out his wallet to pay for the food only to have Madam Bo decline the cash and say that Johnny had already paid for the meal. Kung Lao shot a glare at the actor, remembering how he had taken a suspiciously long time in the bathroom. The sneaky bastard had been looking for Madam Bo to pay the bill.

Raiden also shot Johnny a lamenting look but gave the actor a grateful kiss as they stood up to leave the restaurant and go catch the fireworks show. Kung Lao steered them to the streets of the village, and they watched as dragon dancers paraded through the streets and lion dancers performed their tricks and stunts. Johnny squeezed Kenshi’s hand and described it all to Kenshi as Raiden and Kung Lao congratulated the various performers, saying how much they’ve improved from last year.

After a few hours of watching the street performers, the crows started moving in one direction to watch the fireworks, and Johnny nearly followed before Kung Lao pulled him back to direct all of them to a secluded field on the far side of the village. Already there was a small picnic blanket surrounded in a circle of pink petals. They all sat down on the picnic blanket, cuddling each other close and watching the night sky for the beginnings of the fireworks. Soon enough, colors burst along the night sky and the distant sound of fireworks exploding could be heard in the distance.

They watched the night sky as they all tried their best to communicate to Kenshi what was happening, but it ended up as an incoherent mess of Johnny and Kung Lao arguing with each other about what the firework actually looked like while Raiden rolled his eyes and Kenshi pulling the two apart to stop fighting.

As the show ended, they all stumbled their way back to Kung Lao’s apartment, barely able to keep their hands off of each other. After finally making it their back to the apartment without making any detours to a lone alleyway, Kung Lao locked the door behind him and was dragged off hurriedly to the bedroom by an excited Raiden, and the Shaolin was struck with the thought of how lucky he was to have all of them. That night, twisted among the sheets and under the soft glow of the moon, they all fell asleep together and knew that their destinies forevermore would be intertwined with each other.

a/n: wow, okay this was my first time doing this ever, and it sure was a doozy. between college ramping up and my dwindling motivation, it was a little hard to keep on writing in the latter half of the month, but i powered through and finished and now i'm here. thank you to everyone who read my fics! it was really cool to see other people have the same investment in these ships as i do. it was also pretty insane to see people i follow like and reblog my posts. that was pretty awesome, and i freaked out when i saw the notification.

i wanted to do a proper lunar new year's episode, but i couldn't find a way to fit it in on the actual day, so it's here instead lmao. it was a joy to write and post them here, but the posts are most definitely going to become more infrequent with college really starting to act up and a lack of ideas (it's why i post with prompts lol). hopefully, i'll post more soon, but anyway, this is getting too sappy. i'll see you all next time. :)

[master-jarrus]

Can you do hair and makeup for Nya please?

Yes I can!

So in writing this all out I had to restart because I realized just how good of a reflection of Nya's personality is shown in her looks and I'm not sure if it was intentional but at least one person in her design team put a lot of thought and care into her design

So right off that bat Nya's make up and hair is clearly a tomboyish girl who doesn't want to be too tomboyish. Like she's worried about the balance between being a pick me and being like other girls

We have a the bob that's clearly cut for the practicality of short hair and avoidance of change

That's how she always had it cut, it keeps it of her neck, sure it gets in her face but she can just pin back so why would she change it?

She probably never considered just because she wants to

Now her makeup

It looks like she wears for sure lip stick and mascara, maybe a little bit of eyeliner

In the redesign she has a beauty mark so maybe she also has concealer and foundation on too

It kind of feels like an inexperienced attempt at "no make up" make up

It's not a bad job, it looks good on her but considering her tomboyishness and her overall perfectionism it's not exactly right it's just as close as she got and then she decided she was just changing her goal

The lip stick matches her qipao (??? That'd the closest thing her jumpsuit thing could maybe be but then later they put her in an actual qipao for her date with Jay. Maybe it's a sleeveless hanfu??? Idk)

Which was a make up trend around the time the show aired so I'm assuming it was a makeup trend in Ninjago as well

I have a feeling it's her favorite shade and it's one that maybe Maya would wear for a fancy night out

Maybe Kai saved up to get her her own tube since maybe she didn't want to use hers mom's

As for mascara it's probably just your basic black same if she did do eyeliner

I wouldn't be surprised if in this era her makeup was an insecurity of hers

This is actually really common for women especially if they grew up without someone to mentor them through it. (I personally went through it and I know several friends of mine went through it as well. Even my mom refuses to wear make up because she feels like she's not doing it "right")

I wouldn't be surprised if this was one of the reasons she had snapped at Dareth over the make up segment (because like imagine getting reduced to "the girl" and then a person you have confided in that you don't know how to do that kind of stuff (season 4) tells you, you need to go teach a the little girls who want to be ninja that they should instead learn how to do make up, which again you don't feel like you can do)

Now the redesign

I really love that in the redesign it kind of felt like her growing out of a phase instead of a retcon of her personality and appearance to make her more appealing

Her hair had grown out and she puts it back in a pony tail

It looks like she might be taking better care of it too. We see a slight wavy texture come out instead of just straight

She appears to also have layers and based on the taper curl on the ponytail nothing it a blunt cut anymore

Her make up looks more refined and she stopped hiding her beauty mark

It's still the same basic "no make up" make up but like she has better techniques

She is still following lipstick trends though and is rounding out her top lip with lip liner just a more neutral shade

She does mascara on her top and bottom lashes now

Definitely seems like she has a bit of eyeliner now. Just looks like she has a more pronounced wing but it's hard to tell with lego eyes

I would wonder if this change was brought on by her mom being back

It's hard to decide about that though because during Seabound Nya seems to be holding a grudge against her mom but her mom clearly thinks they are on good terms/if she acts like mothing happened it will be fine

I'm thinking they tried to reconnect and Maya tried to just pick up where they lost off and teach Nya "girly" things and it just kind of went wrong

But Nya did try and begrudgingly like the makeup changes

But I'm not certain

[ziseviolet]

Secondly, I have heard that as traditional fashion gets more and more popular, there is an increasing amount of fake/knockoff clothes sold online, is there a way to distinguish between them, so we can buy hanfu from official brands and support the designers and dressmakers for their hard work.

Hi, thanks for the question, and sorry for taking ages to reply!

Yes, that's correct -- knockoffs (known as 山寨/shanzhai in Chinese) have long been, and still are, a huge problem for hanfu vendors. It's often difficult and confusing to tell the difference between original hanfu and shanzhai hanfu.

I highly encourage everyone to do some research before buying hanfu to make sure that your purchase goes towards supporting the original brand/designer, as opposed to a counterfeiter. Without that financial support, it's very likely for original brands and designers to close shop, especially in the extremely competitive hanfu market.

Based on personal observation, below are some red flags that may signify that a hanfu shop or item is a knockoff - or at least not from the original brand/designer. Note that these refer mainly to Taobao shops because Taobao is the platform I'm most familiar with:

Examine the merchandise. Shops that offer an assortment of non-hanfu related products (e.g. mainstream contemporary fashion, household items) in addition to hanfu, are usually not original hanfu brands. Authentic hanfu brands typically only sell hanfu and related items such as modified hanfu & hanyuansu, hanfu accessories, and occasionally other types of Chinese clothing (e.g. qipao/cheongsam, Qing dynasty-style clothing).

Examine the photos. If a shanzhai shop doesn't outright steal product photos from the original brand, it may retake photos of the clothes using different models. These models and photos are usually very generic and low-effort. Original hanfu brands typically put more creativity and effort into styling models and designing photoshoots for promotional photos.

Examine the prices. If a hanfu's price seems too good to be true, it usually is. It's likely to be a knockoff - or at least of lower quality than expected. This isn't always the case, as some original hanfu are hugely discounted, and some knockoffs inflate their prices. However, you get what you pay for, and I'd avoid super cheap hanfu if you want to ensure authenticity.

More tips from @bamboocounting: "you can check the storefront to see if the store has been running for a time that matches when it’s founded, for older famous stores, and check the number of reviews for some more popular items (like Shisanyu regularly has hundreds of reviews for some sets)."

In addition, @fouryearsofshades mentioned here that there's an official account on WeChat called 汉服安莉 that can be used to check if a shop is authentic. My dms are also open if you need assistance with checking whether something is authentic - I'll do what I can to help ^^

If anyone has additional advice, please share!

Hope this helps!

(Hanfu photo via)