It’s so popular, no matter which tourist attraction you go to, you’ll always see young ladies and gentlemen wearing Hanfu taking photos in concave shapes. Xitang, which is close to Shanghai Beier, is crowded with tourists in the ancient town, and they are all Hanfu enthusiasts from all over the world.
Why is Hanfu so popular?
In a word: the little skirt is so pretty! ! !
Therefore, although the history of the revival of Hanfu is not too long, Hanfu, along with Lolita clothing and JK uniforms, is known as the "three pits". A pit literally means a sunken place. If there are too many people who like it, the ground cannot bear it, so it naturally becomes a depression (mistake). Another meaning of a pit is that the price of good-looking Hanfu is generally higher than that of fashionable clothes. If you want to own Hanfu, you must first cheat your wallet, which is considered a cheat.
In this regard, this Hanfu Mengxin has a profound and clear intuitive understanding. Since my love for Hanfu got out of hand at the beginning of the year, I spent money like water. Half a year later, I recently sorted out my bills and suddenly found that I had spent more than 50,000 yuan. This is still in mind the advice of my predecessors to read more and buy less, and also follow the "half-money" rule. The result under the guiding ideology of "don't buy it if you don't have it"... Hanfu is indeed a "trap".
Although real money fell into this pit, I gained happiness (wrong). Let’s take a look at where this cute new Hanfu kryptonologist spends his money.
Of course, the most expensive items are all kinds of ready-made clothes.
I have a bad habit: collecting - after all, for a girl, how can one set of clothes be enough for her? You have to buy a few more outfits to match, right? So, I bought a skirt and found that a top was missing; I bought a top and found that the material and color did not match the existing stock, so I had to buy another skirt... In addition, there are various kinds of Hanfu There are also various styles of different dynasties, such as the Song Dynasty style, which is very popular this year, and the Ming Dynasty style, which has always been very popular. There are no less than ten styles in these two dynasties alone. As a result, there are more and more Hanfu on the hangers, and I can’t help myself. .
Moreover, there are many classic styles in Hanfu, which are must-have items for lovers. For example, this year, almost all stores are reproducing the flower and bird skirt from the old collection of Confucius (even the Shandong Museum, the original collector, has recently launched a restored version of the flower and bird skirt): white and versatile, the embroidery on the hem is exquisite but not too complicated, and it has been around for many years. , has the reputation of "wearing flowers and birds regardless of everything" among Hanfu enthusiasts, so it is natural to have one in your wardrobe.
Although they are all flower and bird skirts, the prices range from 200 to 10,000+. The price difference is mainly due to the base fabric and embroidery craftsmanship. At present, the most restored dress on the market is recognized as Lin Xiange's flower and bird skirt, which is divided into silk gauze and flower bottom fabric. Both are machine embroidered. The prices are 1818 and 3388 respectively. If the embroidery part is replaced by hand embroidery, the price will go up.
In addition to flower and bird skirts, Minghuatang can also be called the MUST HAVE in the pit. brightThere are not many styles in Huatang. Most of them are expensive woven gold dresses, as well as entry-level dark floral gauze series. Buying a suit is the most cost-effective. There are discounts on suits, but they start at 3,300 yuan. In fact, the price is not the most worrying thing, because the production capacity is limited, and the current construction period of Minghuatang is 18 months. That is, if you place an order now, you may not be able to wear it for the Chinese New Year next year.
It’s normal to spend money but not get the product for a while. This is a common phenomenon when buying Hanfu. Although the construction period of most Hanfu merchants is not as long as that of Minghuatang, one or two months is common. While waiting for the air to turn into clothes, it is also the instinct of girls to fall in love with a piece of clothing. Therefore, the cycle that occurs in fashion has no sense of violation in Hanfu. In addition, most Hanfu merchants do not support 7 days without any reason, and the cost of investment is naturally increasing.
Jewelry
After buying the clothes, it’s natural to have a hair style. Not to mention various wigs and wigs, they don’t cost much, but the headdress for the hair, the earrings for the ears, the necklace on the neck, and the bracelets on the wrist are also a big expense to match.
Friends who wear Hanfu mostly pay attention to an aesthetic taste. In spring, they wear a piece of clothing embroidered with begonia flowers and with dark peach blossom patterns, and wear a gentle hairstyle with begonia flowers in the hair, as if The person in the painting.
Just for this headdress, there are more than a dozen materials to choose from, such as velvet flower, which has become a popular intangible cultural heritage headdress in the past few years, as well as butterfly shellfish, entangled flower, imitation jade, grass flower, hosta flower, iron Flowers, etc., various materials paired with different Hanfu will produce different feelings. The same pattern applies to other parts of jewelry. Although the unit price is not expensive, most of them range from tens to hundreds of dollars, but if you buy more, you will be attracted by it.
If you are a big boss who pursues real materials, real gold, silver, jade and jade, then it is even more uncountable.
Purse and fan
Purse appeared as early as the Qin and Han Dynasties, and the word "Lot" expresses its function - to store things. In addition, purses can also be used as decorations to add luster to clothes. For example, in a green dress and white skirt, if a dark red purse is tied around the waist, it will not only have a visual focus, but also add some layers to the color scheme.
There are also many styles of purses, including traditional round and gourd-shaped ones, as well as many special-shaped purses created by modern handicraftsmen. Purses can also be hand-painted or embroidered. The falling tassels are also one of the selling points of the purses, and the price naturally ranges from tens, hundreds or even thousands.
Fans used to create concave shapes are even more indispensable. The styles range from folding fans to round fans, the materials range from paper to silk cloth, and the content ranges from hand-painted to tapestry embroidery.
Fabric
The premiums charged by some Hanfu stores are too high, some Hanfu enthusiasts cannot find their favorite styles among the existing ready-made garments, and some high-end enthusiasts want to design the details of their own clothes. As a result, the processing of incoming materials has become a common way for Hanfu enthusiasts to buy clothes-select the fabrics yourself, formulate the details and data of the clothes, find a good tailor, and a Hanfu that will not match the clothes is released.
Yes, a large chunk of my expenses is spent on fabrics.
If the Hanfu you are interested in is made of ordinary cotton and linen, perhaps ready-made clothes are a better choice, but if you like silk Hanfu, the price of most ready-made clothes is much higher than the price of the materials you source, so in order to save money (hmm!) , I embarked on the path of choosing fabrics by myself, most of which are relatively expensive silk cloth, because this kind of fabric is breathable and skin-friendly and is relatively easy to care for. The various patterns and colors are also addictive. You can get a piece of each favorite fabric and it will break easily. 5 digits.
In addition to rob, it is also popular among Hanfu enthusiasts to buy pure silk fabric from Japan. In fact, this is also a real silk fabric, but most of the patterns of pure silk are unique. It is rare to buy it to make clothes. The price has also increased in recent years. A roll of fine silk fabric in good condition can easily cost thousands, and the cost is also quite high.
There are also high-end enthusiasts who like to buy white gray cloth and then buy some plant-based dyeing materials to dye it themselves. If you add more or less, or add more or less steps, the final effect of this cloth will be different, and it is also a unique cloth. .
Labor costs
As mentioned earlier about processing Hanfu from incoming materials, naturally you can’t make the clothes yourself from the fabrics you buy, so it’s time to find a trustworthy tailor for your own fabrics. First of all, the tailor must understand the various styles of Hanfu. Secondly, he must pass the clothing-making technology and understand the characteristics of various fabrics. In the past six months, I have tried no less than 5 tailor shops, because some tailors are good at making tops, and some are good at making skirts. After constant trial and error, I know which one is more suitable for me.
In addition to making clothes, high-end Hanfu enthusiasts will also design their own patterns and find embroiderers. The embroidery fee is generally calculated based on the area, including the texture of the silk thread.The quality of the workmanship and craftsmanship will affect the price, and the embroiderer's own color taste will affect the final effect, making trial and error costs even higher.
Recently, many high-end enthusiasts are using gold to embroider their clothes. Gold embroidery is the use of extremely thin gold foil to embed patterns on fabrics. In ancient times, there were gold-selling shops that specialized in this kind of business. It used to be a very common decorative technique in Chinese clothing, but later gradually fell into silence. Instead, similar practices have been retained in Korean traditional crafts, and now it is popular among Hanfu enthusiasts.
In fact, the Hanfu pit costs more than the above. Of course, how much you spend doesn’t prove anything (PS: shop rationally and live within your means). It should be noted that traditional culture is extensive and profound, and each "thing" can take a lifetime to study. However, we are fortunate to wear history on our bodies in this era, and it has also become popular culture. This is already the best revival.
