Chinese Herald Lijun Yuan
Author: Yang Zhikuan
The Miss Teresa Teng in my heart not only sings with age, but also keeps pace with the times and has a distinctive style. Studying Miss Deng's aesthetics, singing is the top priority, and I have never dared to touch the clothing. Although I am worried that the analysis will not be good, there will be repercussions if I don't forget it.
I have an Alison sister in Taiwan, who was invited by her fifth brother, Mr. Deng Changxi, after Miss Deng's death in 1995, to work in Teresa Teng's Cultural and Educational Foundation for two or three years. This morning, I reported to her that I wanted to write an article on Miss Deng's clothing, and at half past two in the afternoon, she sent a message for my reference: at the 15th anniversary concert in 1981, her waist was only 23 inches! This is equivalent to 58.42 centimeters. Miss Deng is 164 centimeters tall, and she weighed only 47 kilograms after being extremely hard at the time.
For Chinese people everywhere, the most widely circulated image of Ms. Tang is the 1 billion applause concert for her 15th anniversary in the music industry. To this day, almost every commemorative concert has a singer who copies one of her costumes in pursuit of the original sound. It's a pity that whether it is singing strength, emotional catharsis, or typhoon dance temperament cultivation, it is difficult for latecomers to reach her height. As the saying goes: those who learn from me win, and those who imitate me die! It has always been imitated, never surpassed.
As a top singer, Miss Deng is also extraordinary, and her costumes are naturally divided into two aspects: stage and life. Most of her outfits are almost decent, in keeping with who she is. I feel that she loves French costumes the most, Italian long skirts and Chinese cheongsam, and can skillfully integrate stage costumes and life costumes with each other.
Miss Deng is a baby fat and cute face, if she is on camera alone, it will be fair to have someone to accompany her. She doesn't need to explain this to others again and again, on the contrary, she is good at self-deprecation and humor. People who have seen the video of the billion-round applause concert will envy Miss Deng's slender and straight legs. She once said that she debuted early and experienced three miniskirt eras. When she reaches a certain age, she does not easily expose her knee and elbow joints, and she knows how to play to her strengths and avoid her weaknesses. If it's a baby, the fleshy and cute knees are not ugly, but after the age of forty or fifty, who dares to guarantee that their knees are not folded and covered with bones? She was sober.
French designer Coco Chanel said before her death: fashion is fleeting, but style is eternal. She also repeatedly emphasized the concept of the overall outfit, and summarized the three elements of classic clothing: comfort, simplicity and luxury. Her designs are designed to liberate the female body and pursue the freedom to enjoy life. She designed clothes that basically did not cinch the waist, and did not show the knees and elbow joints; Stilettos are also almost not considered, opting for flat or semi-heeled two-tone shoes.
As a singer, Miss Deng has also exercised and slimmed down many times in consideration of the stage effect, so that her body can adapt to some gorgeous waist-cinching stage costumes. Most of the time, she still achieves that her body is the master of clothes rather than a slave, especially since around 1987, she has the idea of semi-retiring, wanting to give the opportunity to the younger generations in the music industry, as little as possible to show up and be a record singer focusing on recording. In this way, she attaches more importance to the release of herself, and the clothes in her private life are more comfortable, simple and luxurious. The opposite of luxury is not poverty but vulgarity, and Miss Deng's clothing is tasteful and thoughtful.
Without further ado, let me break down some of her classic outfits.
Ms. Tang is adept at using shawls. In the opening song of the Billion Applause concert, "Walking on the Road of Life", the snow-white costume reflected her like a fairy, and the huge fluffy snow-white shawl presented a timeless stage effect. I think she must have understood that black and white are timeless classics that can be inclusive of other colors. A similar style is also her stage costume in early 1989 when the fireworks of ATV in Hong Kong illuminate thousands of homes, which is a black bright top with a black skirt and a ferret white shawl, which is also detached. It can still be classified as the third appearance in the Japanese Red and White Song Society at the end of 1991, with a red cheongsam and a snow-white shawl. In addition, in 1993, the clothes of China Television in Taiwan also took advantage of the shawl, she was wearing a strong pink shirt and a strong pink Chanel suit outside, with strong pink leather shoes under her feet, and a thick pink bag on her body, focusing on the leopard print shawl blanket that can protect both knees and backs, which has both ornamental and practical value. Winning the gold medal of the Friends of China Television also fits this outfit by chance. She can wear the cheongsam with an elegant and intellectual temperament that transcends ordinary women. She is intelligent, knows how to play to her strengths and avoid weaknesses, and dresses with age. When the young figure is excellent, most of them wear off-the-shoulder sleeveless cheongsam, and when they are unwell, they choose long-sleeved cheongsam to wear various shawls over it.
Ms. Tang is good at using pearls. The most important feature of her use of pearls is also that she is decent. Since he was a teenager, he often wore pearl necklaces and earrings in his stage and private life, and when he was young, he also wore a pearl belt around his waist over a long dress. Her use of pearls peaked in the year she released her new single "Dancing with Sadness" in Japanese. At this time, she was in a low-key relationship with her French boyfriend, and she was nourished by love, which reduced the pain of the previous era, and life in Paris made her improve her taste in clothing. In July 1991, she went to Japan to promote this song, and of almost all the singing videos in her life, I loved singing on Nippon TV on July 6 of this year. At that time, she was wearing a pale green off-the-shoulder low-cut knee-covering dress, the stage background was summer dusk or early autumn light and shadow, her fluffy hair over her ears, and the most important thing was the four-five-ring pearl necklace, which set off her pure sensuality. Her indescribable beauty is reflected in these few minutes, and I have seen it hundreds of times so far? Designer Mademoiselle Chanel once said that if she could only choose one accessory, she would choose a pearl necklace. She once joked that if the pearl necklace was only a short one, it would be like a storytelling grandmother; If it's just an extremely long one, it's a high-class escort girl; The most correct is to mix and match multiple pearl necklaces, and it is best to sway freely and unrestrained. Miss Deng's use of pearl necklaces is not wild, but she has a certain composure that is neither humble nor arrogant. She wears pearls, which makes people look at it from a distance and cannot be blasphemed, just like "Ai Lian Said": out of the mud but not stained, clear ripples but not demons.
Ms. Tang has a penchant for casual suiting, and she has a lot of loose-fitting blazers with two buttons, which she knows are timeless classics. She will wear a variety of beautiful brooches, and underneath a short or over-the-knee skirt can be comfortable, simple, luxurious and free. Throughout her life, she has naturally accumulated experience and accurate vision by choosing clothes and accessories for the stage year after year. She is perfect for pink, leopard print, pearls, emeralds, bright earrings, brooches, and gloves. Miss Deng attaches great importance to the concept of overall attire and understands the echo of head and feet.
Finally, let's talk about Miss Deng's biggest feature: color contrast! In the later period, she boldly wore pink, and it is said that a feng shui master said that pink was her lucky color.
I admire Miss Deng's taste in clothing, especially in the context of the great era at that time, seeing how many generals around the world in the same era can make a living, and she has seen too many beautiful scenery, eaten too many delicacies, and worn too many beautiful clothes in her life, it is really worth it! Whether she sings or dresses in the later period, she has reached the supreme state of less is more. Later, she walked into the vegetable market and stood at a fruit stand, and she was also compassionate and soft, and she was good at the corners of her eyes and eyebrows. She put away her jewels and diamonds, dressed modestly, only wore lipstick when she went out, and gave up fine makeup. When you go out for a walk or eat in a restaurant, you often put a flower in your sideburns so casually and naturally, and that's it. I am not only grateful to her for leaving a large number of good songs, but also for the visual beauty of clothes and accessories presented in her 42 years of life!