The evolution of clothes in the past 60 years

• Source: Global Times
• [18:35 September 27 2009]
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Clothing is a kind of cultural language. It represents one's personal taste, social status as well as a person' s attitude towards himself or herself and life. Macroscopically speaking, it also reflects a nation's rise and decline together with a change of ideology. In the past six decades, China has undergone a dramatic transition and the clothes its people wore are a good way to display the dramatic changes.

1950s
 

Bulaji or платье in Russian, meaning one-piece dress in English, was popular in China in the 1950s after a heroine in a legend from the Soviet Union called Katyusha, and Zoya, a national hero during World War II in the Soviet Union.

In the 1950s, Chinese people tried to emulate Russians in almost every way. The Lenin-style suit became popular with women at that time due to its modest look.