Hi, everyone.
Lunar New Year is just around the corner so here I listed patterns to wear for Lunar New Year. While solid is always a safe option, wearing patterns for Lunar New Year is so much more fun and it also hides a lot of flaws like wrinkles on your clothes; it can also help distract people from the shape of your body so you don't get 'eh, you got fatter?' questions from noisy aunties.
First up is floral. It is a no brainer for Chinese/Lunar New Year. Since Chinese New Year usually symbolizes the end of winter, flower resembles new beginnings and so wearing floral will definitely gives you plus points from your mom and aunties.
Second is Toile or Chinoiserie. What is the difference? Honestly I'm not sure but Google said toile is a fabric that originates in France and which pattern depicts a scene (e.g. a landscape that often involves figures); chinoiserie is similar but has a decidedly Asian (specifically Chinese) flare - patterns of which are usually consists of pavilions, birds, and floral motifs.
For reference, my blue dress is categorized as Toile while my red blouse is categorized as Chinoiserie.
Last but surely not least is the no fail batik pattern. I live in Indonesia so it is very common to have cheongsams in batik pattern. Batik is an Indonesian technique of wax-resist dyeing applied to a cloth. Batik is originated from the island of Java, Indonesia. Batik is made either by drawing dots and lines of the resist with a spouted tool called canting, or by printing the resist with a copper stamp called a cap. I personally love wearing my CNY outfit in batik pattern. It is such a beautiful way to blend both of my identity as an Indonesian Chinese.
So are you team solid or team pattern?
Hi, everyone.
Chinese New Year/Lunar New Year is just around the corner. And while I do love wearing cheongsam/qipao; and I've worn them for every CNY in the past ten years, I'd thought it'll be fun to show you that you can get into the CNY spirit without them. So without further ado, here are no cheongsam no qipao CNY outfit ideas.
Hi, everyone.
Chinese New Year is fast approaching and I'm sure you'd want to celebrate with some new outfits. However, you might have no budget for new clothes therefore in this post I want to share with you 3 ways to transform your plain top for Chinese New Year. You might need to save money in this pandemic era so I thought this will be a fun post.
Xin Nian Kuai Le! Gong xi fa chai :)
Happy New Year! Wishing you more wealth/success.
A few days ago, we're Chinese ethnic celebrated our Chinese New Year and those two sentences are pretty much being thrown out everytime we meet our family member. Most of us wear qipao or cheongsam (Chinese traditional outfit) to our family gathering (we're Asians hold family values very highly) but anything red is expected. We love reds on CNY because we believe the devils are afraid of this bright vibrant color. Red also often symbolize celebration in Chinese culture.
Along with the new blunt bangs, I acquired a new nickname as a "doll". I don't like labeling people, but this one is actually flattering! One of my dream was to married Ken cause he has the most perfect hair and teeth and always seems oh-so-fashionable.
Since Chinese New Year is just around the corner, I would like to say Happy Chinese New Year to all who celebrates it. May all of us have a prosperous year ahead. Gong Xi Fat Choy!
I will be spending the Lunar New Year with my big family in Jakarta. We don't pray to the ancestors anymore but we really love the tradition of gathering in one of the eldest son in the family (since my grandparents are gone, except for my adorable grandma from my mom's side :)) and just catching up on everything.
Wishing all of you a very oriental weekend!
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cheongsam top - (X)SML, brown belt - CottonOn, nude highwaist shorts - Velvet, kitten heels - Rotelli
