幾乎從服飾出現的那天起，人們的社會身份、生活習俗、審美情趣，以及種種文化觀念就已融入其中了。服飾的面貌是社會歷史風貌最直觀、寫實的反映，從這個意義上說，服飾的歷史也是一部生動的文明發展史。

●Preface: Beautiful Chinese Clothes
●From Barbarism to Monarchy
●From Ancient One-piece Dresses to Casual Garments and Gowns
●Incredible Silk
●Imperial Clothes and Culture
●Reforming Military Clothing-King Wuling of Zhao
●Loose Clothes and Broad Bands
●Beautiful Tang Suits
●Elegant and Comfortable Casual Clothes
●Official Robes
●End of Monarchy-Western Clothes Come to the East
●Cutting Plaits and Releasing Feet
●The Coexistence of Chinese and Western-style Clothes
●Improved Cheongsams Combining Chinese and Western Features
●Modern Clothes
●Workers’ Clothes and Farmers’ Clothes
●Military Dress
●Bell-bottoms and Sunglasses
●Jeans and Denim
●……
●部分目錄

中國人習慣把日常生活概括為“衣食住行”，服飾排在了第一位，可見它在生活中的重要位置。在這個歷史悠久的衣冠大國，從古至今，伴隨著民族間的相互融合和東西方文化的交流，服飾的樣式和穿著習俗始終在不斷演變。

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