In 1955, French journalist Robert Gillan described China as he saw it in his book:
"People wear blue clothes wherever they go." "A group of people, all of them seem to have just come out of a bath in blue ink, the blue that can't be removed."
For a long time afterwards, Robert Gillan The "blue ant" in the pen has become the stereotype of Westerners' aesthetics of Chinese clothing.
Aside from malice and prejudice, I have to admit that the main colors of Chinese clothing were once occupied by "grey, blue, and green". Clothes have nothing to do with personality, but exist as "just-needs".
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In the era when the public aesthetic has not yet fully awakened, nor been kidnapped by the "filter beauty", they stepped on rumors and criticisms, and brought the inevitability of the times to the stage of history and lead People enter a splendid fashion world.
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from textile workers to fashion model
time back By 1979.
famous fashion designer Pierre Cardin came to China and held the first fashion show in China.
Pierre Cardin held a fashion show in China
0 span1 span1, on the stagespan1 spanTwelve foreign models appeared in colorful clothes in turn.
No matter the form or the clothing, it brought great shock to the people on the scene.
"It turns out that clothes can also be displayed on people like this."
, the manager of Shanghai , was also shocked by the company’s clothing reform at that time. Steps have been taken in opening up, and the idea of solidification has been gradually broken, and the idea of establishing a fashion model team in China has become more and more intensified in Zhang Chenglin's mind.
One year later.
In 1980, the first model team in mainland China was born in Shanghai.
Because models were not widely accepted at the time, this model team was defined as a fashion show team.
The models in the team are all textile workers from the factory.
Work in the factory during the day and gather for training in the afternoon.
In 1980, the Shanghai Fashion Company fashion show team was born
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"If you dress too much, you will be directed when you go out."
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In addition to external pressure, there are no precedents in the formation of a performance team. Is crossing the river by feeling the stones.
body training class,Many team members couldn't let go, and even embarrassed to take off their jackets. Even the rehearsal venue has been changed several times. The classrooms, the upper floors of the restaurant, and even the warehouse used to be their rehearsal places.
"The warehouse is very small. When we went, it happened to be during the rainy season in Shanghai. It was wet, hot and stuffy inside. After half a day, my body was bitten... "
And it is in such a sweltering and sweltering warehouse, facing the crisis of dissolution twice, in the eyes of all kinds of criticism and strangeness, these young teenagers choose to face the difficulties. , From summer to winter, I gradually took on the appearance of a model.
fashion show team members wearing high-heeled shoes training
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from From internal performance to going abroad
1981,After many setbacks, the performance team's first performance kicked off in the Shanghai Friendship Hall.
When they walked on the runway, they showed not only beauty, but also grace under pressure. This is what Hemingway said, the courage in the world.
’s performance in 1981 was still an “internal performance”, and the audience thought that it was hard to get into the audience without clothing. It's "beauties with strange outfits", "becomes out-of-shape, and depraved"...
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By 1983, the fashion show team walked in Beijing, and the audience was mostly amazing and admired.
At that time, the models did not have access to any major international brands, nor did they know the trend and fashion information, they had no way to follow and imitate them, and there was no beauty filter to add to them, but they were on stage. Luo Luo is generous, but with confidence and courage to show an unrepeatable demeanor.
fashion show team in Beijing performances
demonstration team member Xu Ping in catwalk
in 1983,The fashion show team was even invited to the Zhongnanhai Auditorium for two performances.
This is the first time in Chinese history that a fashion show has entered Zhongnanhai.
The People’s Daily also reported on the performance in a special article, saying: "The performance is gorgeous but not gorgeous, beautiful and not vulgar, just right."
After that, the fashion show team went to Hong Kong and went abroad to show the diversity of Chinese costumes on the international stage, as well as the unique and rich beauty from the East.
The hit movie "Black Dragonfly" was based on the story of the Shanghai Costume Performance Team.
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thriving modeling industry
's disappeared first generation model of new China
was accompanied by the birth of the first fashion show team.
The Chinese model industry has entered a stage of vigorous development at a rapid speed, from being shy to be professed to professionalization, diversification and even internationalization.
In 1985, Chinese models went to Paris to perform.
In 1988, China Peng Li won the World New Model Contest and became China’s first span3sp _span0 p3sp _span0 _span0 in the international competition. In 1989, the first National Model Contest was held in Guangzhou and attracted wide attention. Models such as Ye Jihong, Bai Qing, Yao Peifang, etc., are all very personal and recognizable;
1992, Chen Juanhong won the title of "World Super Model" and became the first Chinese model to receive an international brand show
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Newcomers are springing up into the circle.
The models that once swept the fashion show team in China, after becoming famous, most of them disappeared in the industry.
Some of them returned to their original jobs, far away from the applause and the spotlight, but the dull life is not another kind of fulfillment; some chose to do business and enrich China's profound clothing culture Take it abroad; some belong to the family and choose another life they want; some seize the opportunity to study and study to further improve themselves... The out-of-reach fashion circles were different. At that time, the models had nothing to do with the gossip giants, and their treatment was not much different from that of ordinary workers.
They made a big fuss on the T stage and then left quietly, but they planted the seeds of "beauty" in the hearts of countless people, and opened the fan called fashion for countless people. Door.
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beautiful just a moment
The United States will never tire of it
2020,It has been 40 years since the establishment of the fashion show team.
The members of the fashion show team once reunited at the Shanghai Textile Museum , is no longer young and elegant still _span3 _strong62.
They disappeared from the runway, but the beauty has been immersed in the bones.
The fashion show team of the year reunited in a variety show, still graceful and elegant, but strong and elegant 0sp _span1 strong 59 In the same way, beauty is only a moment of time, and beauty is what you will never tire of after precipitation."
performance team member Xu Ping said, she once took a photo of volleyball until today It still looks amazing.
is different from the generalized aesthetic of "white and thin" today.What she shows is more mature, confident, brave and healthy beauty, exuding charm from the inside out.
Not only Xu Ping, models of that era are showing us more possibilities of beauty.
or glamorous, or charming, or coquettish, or gentle, or publicity, or capable...
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However, the perception of beauty now seems to be getting narrower and narrower.
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After more than 30 years, some members of the fashion show team were invited to participate in a show. Even if they are old, their temperament is still moving; even if youth is no longer,You can still embrace fashion and elegance.
Although the hair is gray, it is not dyed.
still remember Gong Li elaborate understanding of "beauty" in a show in:
In fact, every woman has her sexy and beautiful side , but sometimes she may not know it. Some women may feel that they are a little fat and need to lose weight. If they want to be reduced to branches and shriveled, I think That is not right. I think self-confidence is very important .
Today, when we look back at the development of this fashion show team, we may have a deeper understanding of this sentence.
These young people who came out of the factory,Breaking the shackles of worldly gaze brings not only a fashion show, but also an enlightenment and profound interpretation of "beauty".
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