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Disclaimer: This is a very brief very basic introduction regarding the tiype of mamianqun found on taobao today. It is not about mamianquns worn in Ming dynasty. 

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Here is a video features six historical looks from different period Ming dynasty, if one is interested.

How to wear mamianqun:

如何把汉服裙子穿得好看？汉服裙子保姆级穿法分享 How to wear zhequn, baidiequn, xuanqun and mamianqun. Skipped to 07:29 for mamainqun. Video. Audio in Mandarin and subtitle in Chinese.

如何科学且快速地穿裙袢式马面？How to wear mamainqun with skirt loop.  Video. Subtitle in Chinese.

大放量的马面裙要怎么穿? How to wear oversized mamainqun.  Video. Audio in Mandarin and subtitle in Chinese.

How different type of skirts and pleats looked on a person:

如何挑选适合自己的汉服下裙？ Including mamainqun, baidiequn etc. Skipped to 03:45 for mamianqun. Video. Audio in Mandarin and subtitle in Chinese.

明制汉服马面裙测评实验 不同褶型 Mamainquns with different pleating. Skipped to 11:10 for demonstration. Video. Audio in Mandarin and subtitle in Chinese.

Further readings:

【科普文】馬面裙購買指南1.5版 Introduction to mamianqun and what to look for when buying one. In Chinese.

明代中晚期马面裙裙襕与衣服的搭配问题（妹子版）A summary about different mamianqun excavated and speculation on the type of tops they went with. In Chinese.

大放量的马面裙的上身效果与穿着示范 Wearing oversized mamainqun. In Chinese.

明代「百褶裙」的思考與猜測 Notes on fully-pleated mamainqun.  In Chinese.

满褶裙观察记 Another notes on fully-pleated mamainqun.  In Chinese.

藏褶馬面裙 Mamainqun with hidden pleats.  In Chinese.

喇叭褶怎麼折 How do the pleats of trapezoid-pleat mamianqun look.  In Chinese.

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Personifications of Chinese cloisonné (景泰藍/jingtailan) antiques by Chinese artist 阿九nine阿九.

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Do you have recommendations for places to buy hanfu— either irl or online?

Hi, thanks for the question!

Yes, I have recommendations for places to buy hanfu, both online and offline. Please check out my “Where to Buy Hanfu” page, as well as my Q&A Masterpost which has a section on buying hanfu. I also have a “Hanfu Recommendations” tag for my previous recommendations on where to buy hanfu. With that said, here are several additional recommendations for online hanfu shops on Taobao, with lists of the types of items they offer (Women’s hanfu, Men’s hanfu, Children’s hanfu, Wedding hanfu, Modified hanfu, Hanfu accessories). Some of these brands also have offline stores (click name for link to Taobao page):

1. 汉尚华莲/Han Shang Hua Lian - The #1 hanfu brand on Taobao in 2018 by sales value (source). Offers a wide variety of colorful designs. Women’s, Men’s, Accessories:

2. 重回汉唐/Chong Hui Han Tang - The #2 hanfu brand on Taobao in 2018 by sales value. Bold colors and clean, chic designs. Women’s, Men’s, Children’s, Wedding, Modified, Accessories:

3. 十三余/Shi San Yu - The #3 hanfu brand on Taobao in 2018 by sales value. Cute, casual, fun designs. Women’s, Modified, Accessories:

4. 流烟昔泠/Liu Yan Xi Ling - The #9 hanfu brand on Taobao in 2018 by sales value. Known for its matching/couples’ designs, and has a wider variety of options for men. Women’s, Men’s, Children’s, Modified, Accessories:

5. 衔泥小筑/Xian Ni Xiao Zhu - Elegant designs with intricate embroidery. Women’s, Men’s, Children’s, Wedding, Modified, Accessories: 

6. 司南阁/Si Nan Ge - Has an aesthetic that can be best described as “ethereal”. Sheer fabrics, billowing sleeves, and lots of layers. Women’s, Men’s:

7. 宴山亭/Yan Shan Ting - Very similar to Si Nan Ge, sharing the same ethereal aesthetic (and even using the same models). Women’s, Men’s:

8. 菩提雪/Pu Ti Xue - Feminine designs with exquisite details. Women’s, Accessories:

9. 锦瑟衣庄/De Ti Yi Zhuang - Classic designs in bright, contrasting colors. Women’s, Men’s, Accessories:

10. 春拾记/Chun Shi Ji - Simple designs paired with elegant traditional Suzhou-style embroidery. Women’s, Accessories:

11. 踏云馆/Ta Yun Guan - Refined designs with minimal embellishments that focus on the beauty of color and fabric. Women’s, Accessories: 

12. 瞳莞/Tong Guan - Classy designs that marry traditional aesthetics with modern sensibilities. Women’s, Men’s, Accessories:

13. 汉客丝路/Han Ke Si Lu - Ming dynasty designs with authentic patterns and high-quality fabric. Women’s, Men’s, Wedding:

14. 游园惊梦/You Yuan Jing Meng - Flowing designs that seem to come out of a fairytale dream. Women’s, Modified:

15. 远山乔/Yuan Shan Qiao - The more traditional spin-off label of well-known modified hanfu/hanyuansu brand 川黛/Chuan Dai. Like its sister brand, whimsical designs for the inner girly girl. Women’s, Accessories:

16. 竹里馆/Zhu Li Guan - One of my personal favorites, having bought two outfits from here. Fine fabrics and solid craftsmanship. Women’s, Accessories:

17. 乔织/Qiao Zhi - Casual, versatile, eminently wearable designs. Women’s, Accessories:

Of course there are a lot more great hanfu shops out there, but hopefully this gives you a place to start. Hope this helps, and have fun! ^^

Bonus - For non-Taobao hanfu shops, please check out my post here. I also have a list of recommended brands for modified hanfu/hanfu-inspired designs (hanyuansu) here and here! And a rec list for hanfu hair accessories shops here and here ^^

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Hace unos dias vi una serie de gifs de Marie Kondo explicando que a la hora de ordenar nuestra ropa debemos elegir la que nos produce felicidad, y para no sentirnos mal por la ropa que queremos botar, agradecer el tiempo que estuvo esa prenda estuvo con nosotros y dejarla ir..

Esto me llamo la atención y luego en Netflix descubri que habia una serie de ella, donde va a casas de personas y las ayuda a organizar. Me gusto su método y quise compartir algunos de sus consejos con ustedes. Quien sabe. Siempre se aprende algo 😉

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I’m lousy with blouses.

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date a selkie, but don’t hide her cloak. let her go home and visit her family now and then, knowing that she’ll come back and hang her seal cloak in the closet like she always does. trust is important.

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The first time she lets the redhead take her home, she’s diligent about hiding her cloak. She folds it carefully against tears and rips and abrasions, and hides it in a sea cave whose entrance is concealed by the tide.

She does the same, the second and third and fourth times, careful, wary, mindful of her mother’s lessons. Remembers the way her mother’s hands had chafed on her soft cheeks, rough with cooking and cleaning for her fisherman husband, the way her mother’s peat-dark eyes had been tense and harsh with the lesson.

“Mind me, Niahm. Never let them find your cloak.”

The way her mother’s mouth had curved, a sickle of dissatisfaction and relief and envy, as she had escaped into the waves.

So she minds her mother’s lesson, and she takes care with her cloak.

Would that she had taken as much care with her heart.

The fifth time, she wears the cloak to the girl’s door, clutched about her throat, dripping along the darkened lanes.

She enters the home, welcomed with soft kisses and gentle touches and kindling passion. She drapes the cloak, artful in her carelessness, across an old wooden chair, the one that creaks and tilts slightly if you don’t sit just right.

When she wakes, in the wee hours of the morning, even before her lover, the cloak still rests, supple and dappled by the sea, on the back of the chair.

She frowns into the softening dawn, dons the cloak, and returns to the sea.

And again, the sixth time. And the seventh.

The eighth time, she finally breaks, prickling and hurt with longing, gripping a handful of russet hair in her hand, firm with emphasis.

“Surely you know what I am,” she says to her lover, the cool froth of sea foam and the call of gulls curling around her voice.

“Of course,” her lover responds, soft and tender in the dawnlight, throat arched willingly, pale as the inner whorls of a shell. “You taste of the sea,” the girl whispers, reverently.

She shakes her lover’s head gently, fingers tangled still in russet locks. “Why?” she demands. “Why won’t you keep me?”

A long silence that waits and fills, like a tidepool, stretches between them. Cool as a current. Deep as the Channel.

Her lover’s eyes are dark and tender. “Must I trap you to keep you, my heart? Is that the shape of love that you desire?”

She sinks into the thought, struck and stymied, remembering her mother’s harsh hands, her cold eyes. Her hand eases into russet waves, caresses where her grip had punished. Her lips press cool and damp as the sea against the arching curve of her lover’s shoulder. “What shape of love will you give to me?”

The answer is easy, quick, certain. “Myself. Only myself, whenever you should wish it. Your cloak by the door, your body in my bed, and the freedom to go, whenever you must. As long as you wish.”

It’s not an answer a fisherman could ever give, nor would think to.

The ninth time, she hangs her cloak by the door, draped in careful dappled folds next to a drying oilskin jacket.

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