Clothes
The Bai people, as their name would suggest, favor white clothes and decorations. Women generally wear white dresses, sleeveless jackets of red, blue or black color, embroidered belts, loose trousers, embroidered shoes of white cloth, and jewelry made of gold or silver. Women in Dali traditionally wear a white coat trimmed with a black or purple collar, loose blue trousers; embroidered shoes, silver bracelets and earrings. Unmarried women wear a single pigtail on the top of the head, while married women roll their hair. The men wear white jackets, black-collared coats, and dark loose shorts. Their headwear and costume reflect the Bai symbols: the snow, the moon, the flower, and the wind.
The modern Bai are also famous for their tie dyes and use them for different purposes from wall hangings, to table decorations to clothing.
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Famous quotes containing the word clothes:
“The camera can represent flesh so superbly that, if I dared, I would never photograph a figure without asking that figure to take its clothes off.”
—George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950)
“Down the chimney St. Nicholas came with a bound.
He was dressed all in fur, from his head to his foot,
And his clothes were all tarnished with ashes and soot;”
—Clement Clarke Moore (1779–1863)
“Huw: Bron, would you have me to live in this house, and have my wages?
Bronwen: Your home is with your mother.
Huw: It was she who sent me.
Bronwen: From pity.
Huw: No, from sense. If you put clothes on night and morning, let them be my clothes.
Bronwen: Good old man.”
—Philip Dunne (1908–1992)