Images of Asia: Traditional Chinese Clothing

Valery M. Garrett
ISBN: 978-0-19-584174-9
Oxford University Press
88 pag. hardcover 14 x 20 cm 1987

Taking a close look at the traditional apparel worn by the common people in Hong Kong and South China from 1840 to 1980, Valery Garrett records the attire of children and adults; describes various accessories, charms, fabrics, and dyes; explains wedding and funeral costume; and recollects styles forgotten with the advent of urbanization.