Hanfu for Kids: A Parent’s Buying Guide
How to buy hanfu for kids: sizing by height, comfortable styles, fabric and safety tips, and how to put together a matching family outfit.
How to buy hanfu for kids: sizing by height, comfortable styles, fabric and safety tips, and how to put together a matching family outfit.
Plus size hanfu guidance: which styles flatter, how to read size charts up to 6XL, what to avoid, and how to adjust the fit so it sits correctly.
Men’s hanfu explained: cross-collar robes, yuanlingpao, changshan and unisex sets, how they are worn, how they fit, and how to choose your first piece.
A practical guide to buying hanfu online: the four kinds of seller, how to judge quality from a listing, what hanfu should cost, shipping and returns, and a checklist before you pay.
Which hanfu pieces are actually easy to wear? We rank the five best starting pieces by how easy they are to put on, how well they mix with modern clothes, and how forgiving they are on fit.
New Chinese style takes hanfu silhouettes and materials and cuts them for modern life. Here is how to tell new Chinese style from traditional hanfu, and which to choose.
Song dynasty hanfu is the quietest, most understated style in the hanfu revival: soft colours, narrow silhouettes, beizi jackets and the beizi-plus-ruqun combination.
A complete guide to Ming dynasty clothing: the stand collar, bijia, pifeng and aoqun, women’s and men’s styles, the dress code, and how to wear Ming hanfu today.
Practical outfit ideas for wearing a horse-face skirt: with a t-shirt for daily wear, with a stand collar for festivals, and with an embroidered layer for weddings and photoshoots.
Hanfu sizing runs smaller than Western sizing, and every workshop uses a different chart. Here is how to measure yourself, read a Chinese size chart, and choose the right size the first time.