Observations on the "Body" in the Study of Fashion History: A Discussion on the Emergence of the Stand-up Collar in Late Ming

Abstract

The study of fashion history is an important category in the research of everyday life history. From a historical perspective, the study of fashion focuses more on the relationship between clothing, people, and life. Based on a view of the body, this article takes the popularity of the "stand-up collar" in women's clothing during the Late Ming period as an example and rethinks the changes in fashion. This paper believes that the popularity of the stand-up collar in Late Ming was mainly related to keeping warm. The "protective collar" on the crossover neckline and the combination of buttons formed the prototype of the stand-up collar. Subsequently, the stand-up collar was combined with both the large lapel and double-breasted cutting methods, constituting the main popular style of women's clothing in the middle and late Ming periods, and having a profound impact on later generations.