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Although the name of the jacket in English and Chinese suggests an origin during (or at least reference to) the Tang period of Chinese history, [5] it was actually intended by its designers to mean a "Chinese" outfit. [6] [7] In fact, “Tangzhuang” is basically the Chinese style of dress in the late Qing Dynasty. The origin of the term ...
Woolworths Holdings Limited is a South African multinational retail company that owns Woolworths, a South African luxury department store chain, and Australian retailer Country Road Group. The South African Woolworths business consists of luxury goods , being fashion , home and beauty stores , many of which incorporate a premium food retail ...
PEP retail stores focus on selling clothing, footwear, textiles, homeware, and cellular products to the lower end of the market that aims to sell items at the lowest possible price in large volumes in both rural and urban areas. They are Pepkor's largest and first subsidiary, with over 1,500 stores in countries across Southern Africa. [16] [17 ...
Ackermans is a South African chain of clothing retail stores. Founded in 1916 in Wynberg, Cape Town, Ackermans has over 700 stores across Southern Africa, including in Namibia, Botswana, Lesotho, eSwatini and Zambia, [3] and is headquartered in Kuilsrivier near Cape Town. In 2015 Ackermans was rated the second best clothing store by the South ...
Mr Price Group is a cash-based fashion-value retailer, and is a public company listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange. Established in 1985, the retailer has 2,900 stores which are mainly in South Africa, as well as online channels. The company operates through four segments: Apparel, Homeware, Financial Services and Telecoms.
The following slang words used in South African originated in other parts of the Commonwealth of Nations and subsequently came to South Africa. bint – a girl, from Arabic بِنْت. Usually seen as derogatory. buck – the main unit of currency: in South Africa the rand, and from the American use of the word for the dollar.
Women wearing early forms of Qixiong ruqun with shoulder straps, Northern Qi (550-577 AD). The qixiong ruqun first appeared in the Northern and Southern dynasties. [3] The qixiong ruqun was worn during the Sui dynasty, Tang dynasty, and Five dynasties, [4] until the Song dynasty, when, upon Neo-Confucianism's rise, the fashion of Tang dynasty faded.
Tanling ruqun (Chinese: 坦領襦裙; pinyin: Tǎnlǐng rúqún; lit. 'Flat (or open-hearted) collar jacket skirt'), also known as Tan collar ruqun and U-collar ruqun, [1] is a type of Hanfu which was developed under the influence of Hufu (most likely influenced by Qiuci); [2] it is a form a kind of ruqun which typically consists of three parts, featuring a low-cut [3]: 93–94 low-cut U ...