yebreed:

Figurine of a man holding a bird from the late Shang. Btw, we learned that shoes with curved toes were already in trend back then.

Sanxingdui Museum, Guanghan, Sichuan.

Photo: © Makara·杉

fouryearsofshades:

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Chinese hanfu.

dressesofchina:

Boots with Chinese embroidery, Liebo 2012 winter collection

dressesofchina:

Playing on clouds, embroidered shoes from the  Liebo 2013 Spring collection

dressesofchina:

Stepping on clouds, embroidered cloth flats by Liebo

dressesofchina:

Summer shoes with Chinese embroidery by Liebo

Practice./j

The skirts is actually supposed to be one inch above the back of the feet, so it is actually doable. Nowadays people also wear those which are ankle/calf lengths as daily wear. Also nowadays people usually buy ready-to-wear and often they are not in the right length. Those are rarely seen on photoshoots. Models usually wear skirts so long that they drapes onto the ground because it looks better in photos. If one wear really long skirts, they can wear qiaotoulv (shoes with head pointing upwards) to catch the hem.

In my personal experience, walking on flat ground is usually alright. It is the stairs that is giving me problem.I often stepped on the hem or even worse, the ties. If one is unconcerned about image, one could just grabbed their skirt up really high (proper hanfu attire includes petticoat and long pants) or tucked the hem into the waist (which is actually pretty common in the old days while working) and climbed that way.

Ming Dynasty Style Hanfu from Ming Hua Tang Part 2

chinesecool:

Closeup: Note that the shoes have upturned toes that keep the long hem from dragging on the floor.

Hanfu Shop Minghua Tang (明华堂) specializes in historically-informed recreations of Ming dynasty hanfu.

http://blog.sina.com.cn/minghuatang

I really wish whoever runs the fuckyeahhanfu tumblr would update. I don’t have the time or energy to look for hanfu photos on Chinese forums :(

hanfu-mermay:

Chinese hanfu & accessories.

countess–olenska:

Pair of children’s shoes decorated with lions
Qing dynasty, 19th century

shewhoworshipscarlin:

Carved wooden farmer shoes, late 1800s, China.

fushiyishop:

Chinese Hanfu shoes

shewhoworshipscarlin:

Han shoes, 1900, China.

shewhoworshipscarlin:

Han shoes, 1900-50, Xian, Shaanxi, Central China.

shewhoworshipscarlin:

Slippers, 1940s, China.