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I feel like designing a functional and discrete sleeve pocket thing is a challenge to rise to instead of dismissing. 😎 😎

Plus the problem of historically accurate hoods looking dopey. 😎

"hidden features like loops or cords to keep the sleeves from getting in the way" like drawstrings? Do you have any pictures?

In Japan and Korea, just about every woman has a kimono or hanbok ensemble for formal occasions (I have personally observed this at conferences. Unfortunately, the men still just wore western suits). When huafu becomes incorporated into the daily lives of regular people then it won't just be a movement.

Not yet. Not much pressure to finish a sun hat at the moment. 😎

You've mentioned 中国古代服饰研究 a few times. How much text vs pictures does it have? As diaspora who didn't pay enough attention during Chinese class, a mostly text book would not be very useful. 8-( 😎

I tried to buy a bamboo hat to serve as the base for a weimao, but it got crushed in shipping. 8-( So I'm making my own using memory wire as the base. I'm actually trying to make a practical sun hat (hate sunscreen) with more coverage than the usual ones on the market...

My huafu journey started with attending a conference in Japan where at the opening night the Japanese participants all came decked out in kimono and the Korean participants came in their hanbok. I didn't know that there was this formal opening thing so I was in a shirt and yoga pants (perfectly appropriate to any tech conference I've ever been to! 8-), but had I known what would I have done? I am not built for body-con qipao, and a Western suit would have just been sad. I'm working on my sewing skills and when I get there, I've got some fabric I'll make into da ao or pifeng and mamianqun. I'm waiting to see Wen Ming-Na or Michelle Yeoh wear huafu on the red carpet. 😎 When huafu settles into Chinese culture the same way as kimono and hanbok, when the rest of the world riffs on huafu like they do kimono, then the renaissance will be complete. 😎

Wow, square in the uncanny valley.

Cool article. Trying to imagine glue that can melt with your breath sticking to skin though. Cold climate? 😅