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 clothes on your back did not wear out and your feet did not swell these forty years.”
—Bible: Hebrew, Deuteronomy 8:4.
“The best-dressed woman is one whose clothes wouldn’t look too strange in the country.”
—Hardy, Sir Amies (b. 1909)
“These clothes are good enough to drink in, and so be these boots too.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)