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node: fashion_five_dynasties_ten_kingdoms
type: fashion
slug: five_dynasties_and_ten_kingdoms_fashion
title: "Fashion in the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms"
lead: "In this brief, divided interval dress carried late-Tang forms toward the slimmer Song silhouette, as recorded in the famous painting the Night Revels of Han Xizai."
published: 2026-07-28
updated: 2026-07-28
image_file: five_dynasties_and_ten_kingdoms_fashion.jpg
image_source: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gu_Hongzhong%27s_Night_Revels_1_edit.jpg"
image_author: "After Gu Hongzhong"
image_license: "Public domain"
change: "Published as a fashion sub-page under the history section, with a period image"
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reason: "Per the owner's decision, fashion is no longer a standalone section but lives under each history era"
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## Overview

Women's high-waisted ruqun continued but grew narrower and more restrained, and softer colors began to replace Tang boldness. Men kept the round-collar robe and futou headwear.

## Key garments and style

The handscroll the Night Revels of Han Xizai vividly documents the robes, shawls and slender skirts of the age.

## Transition

The Song reunification would bring a refined, restrained aesthetic to full flower.