tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6931359286446315265.post310711502189862320..comments2024-02-18T06:41:18.467-05:00Comments on Confessions of a Costumeholic / Confessions d'une Costumeholique: Movie Monday: Curse of the Golden FlowerUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6931359286446315265.post-83191958193496206112013-01-26T08:26:03.805-05:002013-01-26T08:26:03.805-05:00Thank you for the information. I don't pretend...Thank you for the information. I don't pretend to be a Chinese costume expert, so I always appreciate input from someone more knowledgeable than me. Gwenyverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00464044086108108565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6931359286446315265.post-45801530343523485362013-01-25T18:11:50.676-05:002013-01-25T18:11:50.676-05:00China during the Tang Dynasty was actually known f...China during the Tang Dynasty was actually known for being remarkably liberal when it came to higher class women, and clothing during that time was actually rather revealing. I don't know if these costumes are historically accurate, but showing skin was quite common in Chinese women of the time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6931359286446315265.post-6160077582081536552012-01-18T12:22:55.511-05:002012-01-18T12:22:55.511-05:00Yes, I found it difficult to believe that a Confuc...Yes, I found it difficult to believe that a Confucian Chinese culture would support the Elizabethan approach to showing off a woman's cleavage in quite the manner shown in the costumes. The painting you showed has a low neck line, but not near as low (& pushed up!) as what was shown in the movie. In the show The Tudors I would find that bra/bodice style appropriate, but not for the more conservative Confucian culture portrayed in Curse of the Golden Flower.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com