Actress and hanfu aficionado Xu Jiao wore her first hanfu-styled dress to an international red carpet today at the “The Shape of Water” premier at the Venice Film Festival. I like how the dress doesn’t look too out of place but is clearly inspired by hanfu. The dress was designed by her friend and I want it.
Here’s some more recent photos of Xu Jiao wearing hanfu-inspired clothes in unexpected places because why not. I believe most of those are for sale on taobao if you want them.
I figured out who she reminds me of! Swedish-Thai actress Anne Thongprasom.
http://thegioisao.net/photos/chuyen-sao/sao-quoc-te/A10514854-76-6109-1428089393.jpg
Hmm. I think she looks a little bit Penelope Cruz-y, but I’m always way off when it comes to celebrity lookalikes.
But that reminds me… has anyone read that Quartz piece about how the hanfu movement is supposedly part of some nationalist campaign based on racial purity?
https://qz.com/1064404/young-people-in-china-have-started-a-fashion-movement-built-around-racial-purity/
How does stuff like that even get published? – _ –
Hanfu is a part of Chinese culture and history. It doesn’t have anything to do with “race”. Western media should stop projecting its own beliefs onto other countries.
This is an attempt to smear the Hanfu movement as racist, which ironically mirrors the belief by some in the Chinese government that hanfu revival is a threat to minority groups in China.
the author’s twitter page doesn’t have anything good to say about china. Inflaming the hanfu movement by injecting ‘racial purity’ suits his objective.
My favorite is the hanfu Anne-With-An-E!
Haha I think Celina Jade looks slightly like Angelababy (but I have been called 脸盲 by multiple people sooo) also she was Doctor Rachel in 战狼2! Also thank you so much for running this site :)
Her pose in this picture does look similar to Angelababy!