Sword Snow Stride – Zhang Ruoyun, Hu Jun, Li Gengxi, Zhang Tian’ai
The Golden Hairpin – Yang Zi, Kris Wu
The Long Ballad – Dilraba, Wu Lei, Liu Yuning, Zhao Lusi
The Legend of Fei – Zhao Liying, Wang Yibo
A Murderous Affair in Horizon Tower – Guo Tao, Yang Zishan, Angelababy
Mirror: Twin Cities – Li Yifeng, Chen Yuqi
Twisted Fate of Love 
Hello, My Shining Lover 
I’m That Kind of Girl – Guan Xiaotong, Hou Minghao 
Linglong – Zhao Jinmai, Lin Yi 
Miss Crow with Mr Lizard – Ren Jialun, Xing Fei 
My Little Happiness – Xing Fei, Tang Xiaotian 
Miss S – Ma Yili, Gao Weiguang 
Dating in the Kitchen – Lin Shen, Zhao Lusi 
Yan Gui Xi Chuang Yue 雁归西窗月 – Zeng Shunxi, Liang Jie 
Rebirth for You 慕南枝 – Ju Jingyi, Zeng Shunxi
That gif alone without seeing the trailer already convinced me I needed to watch snow sword stride. 🙌🏻🙌🏻
Sword Snow Stride definitely had the best trailer that surprised me with how pretty it was even when going in thinking it would.
The one that disappointed the most is The Golden Hairpin. The costume and hair and makeup are so weird for both two leads. They were so normal and pretty in that set of stills of the supporting leads.
The other ones were more or less what I had expected, with everyone looking great.
Kris Wu’s costumes in Golden Hairpin are way too Heian Japan. Not that there are no similar style in China (the hats can be plausibly claimed as being inspired by hats during Northern and Southern Dynasties), but a lot of details are very Japanese. Similar things can be said of the Rise of Phoenixes. It’s just sad how so many cdrama costumes designers have so little respect for their country’s culture and so little appreciation of IMO the more sophisticated aesthetics of Chinese tailoring.
To begin with, wasn’t Heian Japan very China-inspired? C-drama designers are just borrowing back what was originally borrowed
From the surviving murals and paintings, no. Tang era aesthetics just look different, even though you could tell they were related. If you screenshot his clothing and show it to someone who knows nothing, he’ll get mistaken for japanese. Besides, aesthetics change. It’s not like Tang era aesthetics got imported into Japan with no modifications to their own tastes.
Also, this excuse has been used so many times for lazy chinese producers to escape responsibility of cribbing japanese aesthetics so much you can barely say it’s chinese. It’s a sign of cultural inferiority complex I sincerely hope they get rid of, especially since chinese aesthetics can be just as enthralling.