中山装在正式场合日趋流行

 

The eye-catching dark blue suit, slim-cut with a standing¹ collar, is a simplified and redesigned "Zhongshan suit", or "Mao suit" - a typical formal garment for Chinese men.

 

Zhou Jiali, a diplomatic protocol² expert from China Foreign Affairs University, said Xi's attire³（服装） not only meets international diplomatic norms, but also manifests China's ethnic⁴ style.

 

"President Xi's outfit⁵ at the banquet（宴会） is not strictly⁶ a Zhongshan suit, which normally has four pockets. Instead, it is a type of modified Chinese standing-collar outfit," Zhou said in an interview with a Chinese newspaper.

 

"The entire design goes with Chinese style, but some subtleties⁷ are tinged⁸ with a modern tailoring spirit. For example, a Western-style pocket square was designed at the left chest," she said.

 

Lu Peixin, former acting⁹ head of the Protocol Department of the Foreign Ministry¹⁰, said the decorative¹¹ color of Xi's suit pockets matched the embroidery¹²（刺绣） color of first lady Peng Liyuan's traditional overcoat.

 

"In addition to exhibiting the beauty of Chinese culture, the outfits¹³ of Xi and Peng also create a harmonious¹⁴ and vivid impression of a 'lovers pack'," Lu said.

 

In the fashion world, the traditional qipao dress portrays¹⁵ a Chinese woman's beauty, and Zhongshan suits represent a man's status.

 

"Foreigners will interpret the Zhongshan suit as a political symbol because it has typical Chinese connotations," said associate professor He Yang at the Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology.

 

"It came out during a period when Western culture entered China in 1920. The Mao suit was a fusion¹⁶ of fashion and culture. It had an outline of a Western suit, but it had Chinese elements," said Liu Yuanfeng, dean of BIFT.

 

The blue and gray suit was the only choice for Chinese men. It dominated local menswear from 1920 to 1980. That was why many people in the Western world thought China was a "gray society", because nearly all the men wore gray Zhongshan suits.

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