Gaze And Self Definition:Woman’s "Fashion Style" Clothing In Jiangnan Of Late Ming Dynasty

In the late Ming Dynasty,the costume politics initially established by Emperor Taizu of The Ming Dynasty was impacted,and the situation of costume arrogation was repeatedly prohibited.The new style of clothing became fashionable in Jiangnan area and spread to other places.This kind of clothing that was sought after and copied by people of the time was called "fashion style" clothing.Due to its rapid change and novel characteristics,"fashion" clothing was classified as "Fu Yao" by some literati at that time.Along with the backlash came the popularity of the "fashion" dress.To the late Ming Dynasty,suzhou-based Jiangnan’s women wear fashion clothes with new look.They call it “fashion style” and "fashion look" and that has inspired other women to follow suit."Fashion style" clothing was popular among women in the late Ming Dynasty,especially in Jiangnan,and was regarded as fashion.Behind this phenomenon was the promotion of clothing fashion from all sides in the late Ming Dynasty.The popularity of "fashion style" clothing is not only influenced by the extravagant atmosphere of the late Ming Dynasty,but also by the special factors from the perspective of women.Women’s participation in the fashion influenced each other in the consumption activities and cultural life in the late Ming Dynasty.Due to the rise of the cultural heritage protection movement,the research on Ming Dynasty clothing has gradually increased in recent years,and the field is more extensive.At the same time,due to the establishment of the new paradigm of cultural history,some scholars began to think about costume culture from a new perspective.However,there are few special studies on material cultural life and life aesthetics of women in the late Ming Dynasty from the perspective of clothing.Most of the studies on "fashion style" clothing stay on the text sorting,and lack of interpretation of related images.Therefore,this paper takes the "fashion style" clothing of women in Jiangnan area in the late Ming Dynasty as the research theme,and from the perspective of sociology,discusses the embodiment of women’s dress and self-knowledge in the formation and dissemination of women’s "fashion style" clothing from the perspective of "others".This study adopts open material culture research view,women’s “fashion style”clothing in Jiangnan of late Ming dynasty as the research object,in archaeology and art theories as guidance,adopt the method of literature analysis and image study,mainly around the woman in the southern region of the late Ming dynasty " fashion style" clothing in women’s life present and communication study.The presentation and dissemination of women’s "fashion style" clothing in women’s life in Jiangnan of the late Ming Dynasty is the core content of this paper,which is intended to discuss women’s material cultural life shown in the dress culture and related sociological research in Jiangnan of the late Ming Dynasty."Fashion style" in Jiangnan from the late Ming dynasty clothing itself characteristics,and then explore the costumes used in all levels of the female life,try to say "fashion style" clothing in Jiangnan of the late Ming dynasty dressed in women’s life by people,formed in the image and text to the spread of popular,finally discusses "fashion style" clothing in Jiangnan of the late Ming dynasty rendered in women’s clothing fashion concept change and self-awareness.