After the recent broadcast of "Brother with Thorns", people who turn back to revisit Hong Kong dramas raise their hands!! Let me know I'm not alone!!
Maybe some people are not "revisiting", but have never stopped watching Hong Kong dramas. For example, when washing your face, putting on makeup, or cleaning up the house and cooking every day, the "background sound" is familiar with TVB, which has long been no longer for the plot, it is a kind of companionship, just like these dramas accompanied us when we were children.
The old TVB is really good-looking, even if it is now two brushes, three brushes (in fact, many dramas are N brushes), older, seen in the market, people have tasted cold and warm, or feel good-looking.
I have to say that the great thing about TVB is that there is a deep meaning, and it can also knock the audience's heart, but it is interpreted in a fairly easy to understand and not obscure way, so when watching, the nerves are relaxed, but the heart is full of gains.
TVB's classic drama genre, I think you can also count in detail - police dramas, costume dramas, luxury dramas, business dramas, legal dramas, to say that the favorite after watching so many years, or business dramas, the reason is very simple - the clothes are too good-looking!
Recall the image of tvB's "elite woman" in your mind, Chen Huishan and Xuanxuan must have blurted 👇 out
I want to say, and Wu Meiheng 👇
Don't you think that her looks and temperament are also in line with our imagination of "elite women"?
And Maggie 👇 Shao
If you revisit it, you can pay attention to her styling in the first part of "Genesis", which is too petty and too good-looking.
And Guo Shaoyun 👇
It is still the "Genesis" part, although the role is not much, but the short hair style plus minimalist style of dressing and makeup also interprets the "elite style" to the fullest.
Looking at these stills and recalling the plot of that year, I don't know if you will think of the ancient word "petty bourgeoisie", because of the demonstration in TVB that year, many people may still yearn for this word now.
This cardigan is draped over the shoulders, and the small elegance in the air-conditioned room is quite "petty"
In the 1990s, the term "petty bourgeoisie" quietly became popular, and the "bourgeoisie" in English was Bourgeoisie (bourgeoisie), so sometimes petty bourgeoisie was also called "little bourgeoisie".
The word itself is permeated with a tone of "enlightened thinking and foreign style of life", and later the "petty bourgeoisie" group of people represents an attitude towards life, a balance between material and mind, both the "idealism" of intellectuals, material desires, and professional skills to meet material requirements.
And the clothes they wear are also the "elite packages" that we are familiar with - suits, sleeveless knitted tops, shirts, one piece dresses, low heels, briefcases and indispensable - dress skirts, almost their lives can not avoid business cocktail parties, so you can always see the shape of wearing a dress in these plays.
Want to plate too much, today first revisit Xuanxuan's style in "Heaven and Earth Pride", I personally feel that her "elite style" in this drama is very representative, and it is not difficult to copy, maybe it will inspire your daily wear!
Xuan Xuan's hairstyle and makeup in this drama are really beautiful! She herself has an angular, concentrated facial features, a bit of a "boy's face", so short hair is especially suitable for her, but also can set off her temperament more unique.
And the makeup is also atmospheric. Emphasizing the "hairiness" of eyebrows and eyelashes, there is no extra eyeshadow, heavy base makeup, light and natural, nude lipstick is a perfect finish, setting the entire makeup. This makeup, at the same time, has achieved the five facial features that are suitable for Xuanxuan's personal features and the personality that is in line with the character.
Light yellow short skirt suit, H line-based, at this time the clothing material emphasizes the effect of "hard and stiff", coupled with simple one-word sandals, the purpose is to simplify unnecessary lines, in order to create a simple, neat overall feeling.
There is also this white short skirt suit with a standing collar, which is also a million years at a glance, because it is so special!
This drama was released in 1998, And Xuanxuan's collocation is the iconic aesthetic of the 90s, talking about vitality, achievement, and not being mysterious, so minimalism (minimalism) can be popular in the 90s.
After the feminist movement of the 1970s and 1980s, women preferred a "neutral style" in dressing, and they also fought for the right to speak in social status as men. Therefore, Xuanxuan's short hair, wearing a suit, and the image of being at the top of the company are very in line with that era.
Chalayan Spring/Summer 1998 collection,
If you like the 90s style, you must not know Chalayan
In the late 1990s, it was the world of H-shaped lines, the same color upper and lower suits were also trendy, and suits were even more popular, in short, it was a practical, comfortable and simple and fashionable style.
Helmut Lang's Fall/Winter 1994 collection
Minimalist ashes enthusiasts, in addition to knowing JIL SANDER, also love Chalayan and Helmut Lang, if you want to know [Minimalist Style], go back and flip through the show pictures of these two brands to make up for the lesson.
In the play, it is also common for Xuan Xuan to wear this black sleeveless top 👇
Black sleeveless tops, stiff cotton or knitted materials, with such a plain makeup and point-to-end jewelry, with short hair, this is the highest classic in the editor's mind.
Jil Sander's Spring/Summer 2021 collection
You can find this piece in brands that advocate texture and simple design, basically every season, because if you are a believer in this style, no one will be willing to give up such a representative Piece.
You say that such an ordinary piece of clothing can also be awkwardly blown into this? emmmm, give you an analysis in the direction of the profession, and then feel the feeling.
Gwyneth Paltrow
Sleeveless tops are also very representative of the 90s single, the style itself has a sporty, neutral gene, so the overall temperament is not pretentious, H line weakens the chest and waist that can best highlight women's physical signs, and pushes the style a little to neutrality; but after all, it is a woman to wear, rubbing into the feminine elements, there is a restrained sexiness.
But anything that combines the opposite elements together is not outlandish, it is very advanced.
In the 90s, catching up with the economic downturn in Europe and the United States, not only "returning to nature, returning to the basics" became the theme of dressing, knitwear gave people a sense of security and safety, so it was also popular at that time, and many clothing styles were made of knitted materials.
If you want an authentic knitted cardigan, you can buy an Agnes b classic snap cardigan, which is the round neck, black dark button style in the photo exhibition, with a black sleeveless knit vest inside, and this set of LOOKS is complete.
Let's take a look at the handbags 👇 that are matched in the play
This common black patent leather bag is the "underarm bag" style that is now popular again.
Fendi's Spring/Summer 2000 collection
At the end of the 90s, Prada's nylon bag and Fendi's Bagutette handbag were the bags that women dreamed of. Bag bags were also "sold out on the market" in department stores at the time, with long "waiting lists" filled with the names of fashionable women.
The fire in the armpit bag is similar to the Helmut Lang we mentioned above, and it challenges some of the inherent design rules.
Vogue, January 1999
At that time, the bag size was on the large side, and the design of bags with short handles and small heads like Bagette was basically untouched, and Silvia Venturini Fendi, who designed this bag, said: In the midst of all this complexity, I was asked to design a unique and simple and practical handbag. In a sense, I had to juggle technology with simplicity, as in this day and age. Is it déjà vu? Yes, unique and simple and practical, this is the aesthetic trend of the entire 90s.
Maggie Shao's dress in Genesis 1 is "Life Apocalypse in the 90s"
I remember reading a sentence before that "fashion classics and trendy alternatives have always coexisted, but the former is more affluent, and the latter is generally slightly shy." "Elite women" will not dress themselves in a different direction, those simple and basic clothes that do not bring additional burdens to themselves, in order to make the "performance of life" every day seem effortless, sweatless, elegant inside and out.
Using the outer costume as an extension of the inner character of the character, TVB gives us the perfect demonstration. At the same time, it also conveys the fashion characteristics of that era - as simple as possible silhouette, as clean as possible colors, with more emphasis on the wearer itself, fashion is no longer a superficial effort, but an inner reaction.
We love to watch TVB, not exactly the emotional filter, but you can feel the ups and downs of people's lives, in fact, in TVB are said through: no matter how successful, rich, the pursuit is nothing more than "a family neat and tidy"; no matter how big the difficulty is as long as there are lovers who do not abandon, friends who support you and family members who always back you, there is nothing that cannot be passed.
We joke about TVB's lines, but we have to say that when those life principles are turned into a sentence of "Now! As a person, the most important thing is to be happy. "Emotional things can't be forced." "How many decades of life?" It remains in our minds and hearts that truly becomes a valuable truth.
In addition, TVB also described to us early on what the "sense of elite" should look like - the exquisite appearance, the pursuit of professionalism, the reverence for professional ethics, the tolerance of human nature and a touch of warmth from the bottom of the heart.
May you also hold on to that breath and live a life of grace and gain.
Image source: Visual China \Network\Invasion and Deletion
Written by: Teresa
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