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Fashion Fix: Big Belt It Well those days are over. Taye, from the blog Stuff She Likes , shows you creative and stylish way to wear belts that are too big for you.
Waist belt with a jade pendant, a common belt accessory in hanfu. Belts and silk bands are commonly referred as dai (simplified Chinese: 带; traditional Chinese: 帶). [28] Dai have been deeply connected to ancient Chinese clothing and just like the style of the ancient clothing have known changes over time, so did the dai. [28]
Belt buckles, often made of metal, vary from simple, one-color finishes to elaborately decorated belt plates with embossed or bas-relief images or multicolored logos. Pouches to carry objects, such as coin purses , holsters , scabbards , and inrōs , can be attached to belts and used instead of a garment's pockets .
The width might be pleated until it wrapped around the waist, and the pleats held under a belt. In this case, the cloth below the belt hung like a skirt; the cloth above the belt might be pinned or pulled over the head. The plaid could also be worn unbelted; and it seems it was also later worn at waist-width (see images below).
Nair woman wearing a mundum neriyatum, painting by Raja Ravi Varma A man wearing mundu and melmundu The mundu ( Malayalam : muṇṭŭ ; pronounced [muɳɖɯ̽] ) is a garment worn around the waist in the Indian states of Kerala , Tamil Nadu , the Lakshadweep archipelago, and the Indian Ocean island nation of Maldives .
Chatelaine, 1765-1775 Victoria and Albert Museum no. C.492:1 to 7-1914 Chatelaine 1700s - Hallwyl Museum. A chatelaine is a decorative belt hook or clasp worn at the waist with a series of chains suspended from it.
There are a number of modern fashions that resemble the styles of the past, from wide elastic belts to actual modern corsets. The trend and styling of these belts moves rather quickly but the basic design remains the same: elastic in the back with some sort of closure in the front meant to define the waist or accent an outfit.
It is a loose, cloak like garment that is fastened at the neck on one side and near the waist with a silk or cotton belt similar to the Tibetan chuba and the Mongolian Deel. Women wear a full-sleeve blouse called a honju inside the kho; a loose gown type garment fastened near the waist, tightened with a cloth belt. [1]