How to sew a traditional Asian dress (hanfu/hanbok/etc.)

Skyesinger, I really hope you get some positive replies to this one. I had never thought of this and am now really interested in what may come.

Yes please!

WOW! Thanks!

Uh... they all are awesome, though hanfu and hanbok give you way more space to move. Kimonos are really restrictive.

I'll add hanbok and kimono later on. Kimono is the easiest of all to sew, it's just some squares and rectangles. XD

Most of the time the undergarments are exactly the same as the outergarments, except they are made out of white simple cloth. You can see it in some dramas, when they get wet and only dry their outer wear or lie down for the night. But especially with kimonos you often have 3 layers, you can tell by the collar.

Also check out that vid about how to wear a hanfu. The girl is in undergarments and then starts to dress.

I've already worn multiple kimonos, mostly Furisode, Yukata and Houmongi (even though I'm European XD). You gotta walk real slow in them. Basically, you are forced to act like what people expect from a woman: graceful, slow and measured movements. Kimonos were wide at one point, at another point court ladies had to wear 12 layers of kimonos and so on. 

Well, the constriction thing happened in almost every culture, it's a man-woman thing, sadly. Be it female clothing, female accessories like neck hoops or cutting female private parts... I could go on and on... :(

The fun in today's narrow clothing is, imo, that it makes you feel more powerful if, and really IF, you are at least half-way comfortable with your body shape. It can push things a little bit more into the shape you want and therefore give you a confidence boost. Just think of it as make-up for the body. XD

There were sooo many seemingly stupid fashion trends, omg. I think the European equivalent to that... let's say "Asian" layer thing (cause I got no idea how to be political correct in this case) would be the many different versions of hoop skirts starting sometime in the 16th century and lasting for almost 400 years.

You see, I'm quite interested in fashion of all kinds and times, so I know some stuff. But still not enough, imo. It's one of the reasons I started this thread, hoping natives would give input. Sadly this forum seems to be the wrong place... sigh.

Bustle dresses are fun! I think of them as the OG of twerking cause they bounce when you walk. XD

IMO = in my opinion

Uhh... favourite period of clothing... very difficult. But if we stick to Western Europe, any kind of bustle dress, either from the original 1770/80-ish or it's more known return from 1860 to 1880-ish (Interview with a Vampire XD). I like the opposite of tight-fitting upper part and wide lower part. And I think every woman loves a dress with a train. *__*

I haven't found yet a video. But there is a link to a picture regarding the change of Chinese and Vietnamese clothing over time in the reference material category. Unfortunately, the website of those pictures doesn't exist anymore. I might try sending a mail to the e-mail-address you can see there. Imo clothing didn't change much due to social standards. You never see knee-length clothing. The cut is also mostly the same. 

The thing with drama clothing is, they stick to the most commonly known time periods so they can reach a wider viewership, especially in Chinese dramaland. But for China also and mostly because of censorship and the Chinese... hm... view? paradigm?... that everyone needs to be the same, namely Han Chinese, though there are about 45-ish different kinds of Chinese. A very good example is the recent drama "First Sword of Wudang", an old-school wuxia drama which plays in the Tibet region and daaaang did they go all out on the proper ethnic costumes. It is the part I love the most about the drama. Second place takes the scenery which is 90% of the time real landscape, no green screen as you usually get in C-drama.

So, Korean drama mostly use costumes from the Joseon time period (it's a rather long time period) and Chinese drama mostly Tang dynasty.

I would love to own a book about C/K/J clothing periods but unfortunately such books have a hefty price, especially if they go into detail. >_<