#mysterious lotus casebook cast

[kingsandbastardz]

So for basically my whole life I'd grown up with and was resigned to accept that the chinese concept of formal/nice clothing of my and the previous generation has been western clothes. So at any awards ceremonies or performances, entertainers would show up mostly in western suits/dresses and maaaaaybe you'll spot the occasional cheongsam if they're going for a Wong Fei Hong vibe. Which, you know, kinda sucks if you have any concept of western cultural imperialism in asia.

So when the hanfu revivalist movement started, I was waiting to see when it would enter the mainstream -- my hope was for fashion designers to integrate traditional/dynastic elements into their work and make it common place enough that I can buy this shit online for ME. Because I WANT.

Though some of the designs can be a bit hit or miss, I am LOVING what various stars and entertainers are wearing out and about now.

Anyway - here's a collection of Xiao Shunyao's modern hanfu inspired/hybridized stage outfits from the last couple years. For his MLC performances, his stylists seem to be borrowing inspiration from his Di Feisheng and possibly other character costume silhouettes.

I'd been seeing a few comments about how his outfits play with gender - and some of his outfits do! But I think the interesting thing to discuss is from which standard is he playing with gender? Because from a western perspective, the things he does with his western suit tops, belting on top of the jacket for a tightly cinched waist, and the addition of a trailing skirt = femme. But if you're talking from a hanfu-hybridized pov, that's just a modern take on hanfu and having any of those elements is not inherently femme and would often read masc to me.

So these things aren't necessarily gendered because they exist traditionally in chinese men's clothing or costume designs (ie video games, comics, historical fiction illustrations and film, etc, so therefore in the modern lexicon of masculine/acceptable for men):

presence or lack of a skirt

silky, velvety, gauzy or sparkly material choice, esp in formal or stage clothing

short or long length of skirt

embroidery

flowers/floral/bird designs

folding fans

certain styles of makeup

beading, gold, tassels, jewels

non-chunky jewelry

headbands

widely flowing silhouettes

What XSY's stylists are doing with some western clothing items are interesting. I'm convinced there have been one or two western jacket tops made of thinner material that they're folding over the front, and belting down instead of buttoning (which then matches with his other outfits that are designed specifically to do this). Then they're adding a skirt, cloak or bracer element to it.

The western portions often bring a military minimalist feel which they balance with a more gauzy material in the skirt or cloak portions.

Things I think are playing with gender:

row 1 - image 1: red di feisheng-inspired outfit

The lace-up girdle is there to match the bracers in both material and style. And it's positioned to be similar to the heavy belt that Di Feisheng wears. HOWEVER. That style of girdle/corset-like clothing item can't be divorced from the modern idea of sexy leather corsets. So imo, this waist piece on that outfit was a choice. Especially when paired with his allergic-to-collars-higher-than-his-sternum necklines. And if you take into context how masculine yet female coded his character is in the drama, the whole look evokes that.

row 2, image 1: black western suit with belt on top, hat, cloak, black boots and not-visible but also a black tassel fringe skirt

Hat and cloak moves the intention of the outfit from western toward a more Asian slant, because alone, it looks like a western black suit with western heeled boots, cinched waist with a lady's belt (seated photoshoot) and western style tassel skirt. The suit top consists of a vest and a shrug-like sleeve portion that appears masculine at first glance. But take the shrug and pair it with the tassel skirt (I can't find the red carpet photos but here is a better view of the skirt when seated), and I think you got a look that's both intentionally edging toward the femme in a western sense but also confusing matters by hiding within the parameters of both western and chinese traditional male styling.

row 2 - image 2 : white asymetrical western jacket styled in a front fold-over style, gauze skirt, trailing pearl embellishments

The more traditional leaning version of this is the white outfit in row 3 that he wears to the Hi6 Hello Saturday variety show -- the skirt portion on that outfit is one I'd consider non-gendered. Row 1, images 2 and 3 are examples of masculine/neutral uses of gauze that plays with flow of form but isn't inherently femme. This stage outfit is very western-appearing masculine suiting, until you hit the skirt which is giving me long ballerina tie-on skirt with the additional swan/mermaid pearl strings. Imo, another example of deliberately using traditional masculine styling but switching it up with the combination of material choice and make that is feminine.

row 2, image 3: black space military boots, black suiting, black -silver ombre sequin trailing skirt and white gauzy shawl with black floral design

The over all design is going for a masculine military-feel. (think this outfit for shen langhun) But instead of a thicker military cloak, it's replaced with a woman's gauze shawl and a skirt that trails behind him very much like the back of a woman's formal fish-tail gown when he moves around. If you take into context Wang Herun's outfit is a white-silver sequined dress cut in a way to also give a space-military-queen vibe, imo they both coordinated their outfits to balance out with both femme and masc qualities.

Thoughts? I'm curious what others think about this.

While I wait for the CNY photoshoot for XSY's red and black look, here's him with his stage collaborators with a nice range of skirt lengths, period influences and material choices. The woman in the center is the one with the most military-fighter design out of the bunch. The dudes are all in variations of formal-wear-with-good-kicking-boots (and lots of crotch space).

#xiao shunyao #mysterious lotus casebook cast #my royal ramblings #fashion #chinese fashion #gendered fashion in cultural context

[la-muerta]

成毅 Cheng Yi as 王权富贵 Wangquan Fugui in the teaser trailer for 《狐妖小红娘 · 王权篇 (Fox Spirit Matchmaker · Wangquan Chapter)》

#cheng yi #成毅 #wangquan fugui #Fox Spirit Matchmaker #cdramasource #cdramaedit #asiandramanet #chinese drama #王权富贵 #狐妖小红娘 #LM's gifs #I made a thing #mysterious lotus casebook cast

[night-rider-lily]

I keep seeing new behind the scenes pics of dramas i really love and i just wanna share them all-

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[difeisheng]

lianhualou domestic issues (x)

subtitles by me :)

#sorry i kind of love these dumb promo skits #mysterious lotus casebook #li xiangyi #fang duobing #di feisheng #mysterious lotus casebook cast #cheng yi #zeng shunxi #xiao shunyao #video #ashton originals

[jiaoliqiao]

Wang Herun 23-7-31 (x)

#userdramas #wang herun #cdramasource #王鹤润 #mysterious lotus casebook cast #*mine #i know these are old but consider this: i need them on my blog

[lyselkatzfandomluvs]

Mysterious Lotus Casebook 蓮花樓

Xiao ShùnYáo 肖順堯 & Wáng HèRùn 王鶴潤 ♡♡♡

WHR: a-Fei teach me to dance ?

XSY: HOW?! You cut off my tendons!

#mysterious lotus casebook #mysterious lotus casebook cast #xiao shunyao #wang herun #di feisheng #jiao liqiao #dancing yaoyao

[tiny-breadcrumbs]

This give a vampire hunter vibe. One who walk around with multiple gun, one harmless looking but using spell kind of hunter, and one who do slaughter in the ballroom.

#zeng shunxi #cheng yi #xiao shunyao #mysterious lotus casebook cast #mysterious lotus casebook

[mx-myth]

I wish there was like a compilation of all the times zeng shunxi calls cheng yi and xiao shunyao ge (I've seen one short where he calls cheng yi yi-ge and I've only heard about him calling xiao shunyao ge). They're all so sweet and I love them SO much!!!

#I love them so much #LOVE seeing them all together #Camaderie between actors is one of my favourite things #lian hua lou #mysterious lotus casebook #mlc #li lianhua #fang duobing #di feisheng #li xiangyi #mysterious lotus casebook cast #mlc cast #lian hua lou cast #cheng yi #zeng shunxi #xiao shunyao

[chibiiichandiary]

肖顺尧Aero studio shares new video tidbits of the booting ceremony for 水龙吟

#xiao shunyao #aero xiao #mysterious lotus casebook cast #shui long yin #whoever his stylist team deserves a raise 🤌

[naughtynanzhu]

Xiao Shunyao Weibo | 2023.08.06

#xiao shunyao #mysterious lotus casebook #mysterious lotus casebook cast #di feisheng

[kingsandbastardz]

Xiao Shunyao hair, costume and makeup revealed today for Shui Long Yin booting ceremony.

#is he wearing 10 cm lifts this time too? just give him heels already he can werk it #this is like smashing his hero legends look with di feisheng #he's never escaping the red color coding is he #behind the scenes #xiao shunyao #mysterious lotus casebook cast #shui long yin #booting ceremony

[la-muerta]

肖顺尧 Xiao Shunyao for 《力争上游》 – 23 Nov 2023

#xiao shunyao #肖顺尧 #I spent so much time looking for a way to watch this I might as well gif it #once again I am not looking respectfully lol #mysterious lotus casebook cast #and of course the nipple ring makes an appearance again #LM's gifs #I made a thing

[missfangirll]

help

#mysterious lotus casebook #bts #mysterious lotus casebook cast #xiao shunyao

[difeisheng]

Xiao Shunyao with his hairstyle and makeup for the drama 《水龙吟》 (x)

#guess how im doing right now :)))) just guess :)))))) #shui long yin #xiao shunyao #mysterious lotus casebook cast #ashton originals #i think the drama started filming today? based on what xsy said in his livestream

[deepbluewithyellow]

Am I smitten with this man?

Yes, definitely:")

Source: Baidu

P.S there were some killing photoshoots of him in the water, showing off his delicate yet strong body. unfortunately I didn't have a weibo account to download them with high quality :" but he was serving there. I promise

#lu hong #mysterious lotus casebook cast #yun biqiu #this man is so delicate but i promise you he has the nicest abs

[lyselkatzfandomluvs]

Chén YìHán 陳意涵

WB update 2023.08.17

#chen yihan #estelle chen #mysterious lotus casebook #i am the years you are the stars #love like the galaxy #mysterious lotus casebook cast #dance of the phoenix #hanfu #chinese actresses #huafu