Symbological interpretation of the costume information in the new China for the past 60 years

Abstract

[Abstract] Since the New China has been founded 60 years ago, with the social and political developments made to adapt to the economic changes, the clothing style has several times seen massive changes; convergence and diversity, the two characteristics so deeply imprinted the evolution of clothing in the history. During the process of evolution, the apparels’ gender characteristics, occupational markings, geographical and ethnic traits, as well as the constraints and other factors imposed on social lives, have been greatly dimmed, or even in some cases, disappeared altogether; The distinctive features of the timelines hold the symbolic significance of the historical changes, the economic developments, and the aesthetic ideological evolution in the Chinese culture; In the reflection of social changes, clothing has became an intuitive symbol, its evolution portrays the outward development of Chinese society. The evolution of clothing in the past 60 years has greatly enriched the content of Chinese clothing culture.