The Republic of China period was the most intense and typical period in the history of Chinese clothing development,with the westward trend spreading and the east-west blending.From 1912 to 1949,traditional Chinese clothing and modern Western clothing underwent multidimensional influences and integration.This article focuses on studying the changes that occurred in Chinese men's formal attire during this period,believing that this period was the starting point of westernization of Chinese men's formal attire,and also foreshadowing the beginning of modernization of short clothing fashion.This article analyzes the appearance and image of men's formal attire in the Republic of China.The study focuses on the form of men's formal attire stipulated in the three promulgation laws and regulations of the Republic of China from 1912 to 1936.The research draws on the cognitive psychological model and analyzes the reception,recognition,and translation of the visual image and clothing vocabulary of men's formal attire in the Republic of China.Using this model for reference,this paper analyzes the construction process of the image and significance of the men's dress in the Republic of China,especially the changes of aesthetic orientation,thinking awareness,lifestyle and values reflected in this process.At the same time,this article also uses methods such as literature research,comparative analysis,and cross-research to compare the localization of Japanese men's clothing in the process of Westernization from the perspective of male-specific gender culture,reflecting the differences between the two countries in terms of attitudes towards Western culture,social status,political systems,reform ideas,and many other aspects.It is found that under the general trend of the westward influence of modem China,the three changes in men's dress code in the Republic of China reflected the internal patterns formed by intellectuals'thinking and concepts in the process of understanding Western civilization and Chinese tradition.Through cognitive models,men's dress code and masculinity were taken as a sample to reflect the dual attributes of men's image in the Republic of China,which took into account both culture and quality,and gave birth to a prototype of male aesthetic that met the needs of the social situation at that time.This aesthetic sample not only has the highest ideal of masculinity and masculine image in traditional Chinese culture that gentleness and courteousness make a gentleman,but also takes into account the requirements of Western modernist concepts and industrial society for masculinity and masculine image,providing a style and template for modern Chinese men's clothing image.
the Republic of Chinaformal attireimageidentificationmen's wearaesthetic