As the Chinese Lunar New Year is getting closer and closer. It's definitely time to start the New Year with a brand new Hanfu! Maybe you're still torn about choosing a Hanfu, in this post Tongpao App predicts the top 3 Hanfu fashion trends this year, hope it will be helpful for you.
01 Color
Not long ago, Pantone released its 2021 colors: Ultimate Gray and Illuminating, suggesting that the vibrant warm yellow and calming, reliable gray support each other like the light at the end of the tunnel, bringing hope.
And from November 2020, red become the popular color in the search of shopping platforms. Some organizations expect that the popular color in China in 2021 will be “Lychee red (给荔红)”, a color close to the shell of lychee. It is also worth paying attention to.
2021 China Trending Colors
Whether it is Ultimate Gray, Illuminating, or Lychee red, it can be very nice to apply to Hanfu costume.
- For example, illuminating color is eye-catching, and it's perfect for a small area to be worn as a finishing touch!
- Can also be used as a matching color.
- The calm gray belongs to the neutral color, can highlight the texture of the fabric.
- If you don't want to look dull and dreary, you can use bright pink, purple, and other colors to match.
02 Style
Recently, China National Silk Museum announced the “Chinese Costume Festival: The Grace of Tang”, which will be held on April 24-25 with Tang Dynasty costumes as the theme.
The Tang style Hanfu has a uniquely graceful and gorgeous style with its bold and varied colors and flamboyant makeup and hairstyle.
The female can choose Qixiong Shanqun (齐胸衫裙), Tang-style Beizi (褙子), etc., and the male can choose round neck robe, Banbi (半臂), etc., more importantly, the Tang style is suitable for almost all body, the full figure can wear a graceful and luxurious, the slim body can wear out of the floating fairy.
So, Tang-style Hanfu may be loved by more people this year.
03 Ox elements
The Lunar Year of the Ox is just around the corner, so how can we not have the ox element? In order to meet the festive atmosphere, the ox patterns are popular in Hanfu.
It can be seen that many of the applied Year of the Ox motifs are Xiniu Wangyue (犀牛望月, rhinoceros looking at the moon motif).
Xiniu Wangyue, from “A New Account of the Tales of the World”. It refers to the water buffaloes between the Jianghuai region saw a bright moon and thought it was the sun, and kept panting because they were afraid of the heat. This pattern is found on many fabrics, ornaments, and porcelain.
The above is the Hanfu fashion trends for 2021 for you to share.