Keywords: robes, gowns, qipao, shoes, hats, armor, hairstyles. ***Graphic resource.

Changing clothes in China : fashion, history, nation / Antonia Finnane.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [313]-342) and index.
Introduction: Fashion, history, nation -- Ways of seeing -- Fashions in late imperial China -- Soldiers and citizens -- The fashion industry in Shanghai -- Qipao China -- Her brother's clothes -- The new look in the new China -- Dressed to kill in the Cultural Revolution -- Breaking with the past -- Conclusion: Fashion, history, time.

China chic : East meets West / Valerie Steele & John S. Major.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 192-195) and index.

Contents: ch. 1. Decoding dragons: clothing and Chinese identity -- ch. 2. From foot binding to modern fashion -- ch. 3. Fashion revolution: the Maoist uniform -- ch. 4. China chic: East meets West -- ch. 5. "Our women are acting like foreigners' wives!": Western influences on Tang Dynasty women's fashion / Suzanne E. Cahill -- ch. 6. Military culture and Chinese dress in the early twentieth century / Antonia Finnane -- ch. 7. "A woman has so many parts to her body, life is very hard indeed" / Martha Huang -- ch. 8. Jazzing into modernity: high heels, platforms, and lotus shoes / Dorothy Ko -- ch. 9. Cheung Sam: issues of fashion and cultural identity / Hazel Clark -- ch. 10. Dress and the cultural revolution / Verity Wilson.

From the publisher: "China Chic is the first book to explore the evolution of Chinese dress, from the dragon robes and lotus shoes of the imperial era to the creation of new fashions like the cheongsam and the "Mao suit" that symbolised modern Chinese identity. For China specialists, the focus on fashion will open up an entirely new way of thinking about modern Chinese culture and society. For readers whose primary interest is fashion, China Chic demolishes the Eurocentric myth of an ancient, unchanging mode of dress."

Chinese dress /  Verity Wilson ; photography by Ian Thomas.

Includes bibliographical references (page 131) and index.

Zhongguo gudai fushi jianshi 中國古代服飾簡史 / Dai Zheng bianzhu 戴爭編著.
Cover title also in English: The Chinese age-old history of dress and personal adornment.

Zhongguo gudai fushi shi 中國古代服飾史 / Zhou Xibao 周锡保.

***Graphic resource: Interesting little volume with simple black-and-white illustrations concerning the clothing, tools, furnishings, weapons, and other implements in historical context.