When Asia began to industrialize...

When Asia began to industrialize, why did they copy western clothing instead of mass-producing simpler versions of their own traditional clothing?

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In Asia modernisation = westernisation
People here find it hard to differentiate the two, it's almost perceived as same thing

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Because Qing initially tried to modernize their military, however they failed which is contributed to many factions.
Taiping would also try and probably be more succesful since they were early one but they eventually got defeated.
So basically you got Qing trying to be tradtional while modernizing - which is seen in their 19th-20th Anthems and Songs youtu.be/fXpGpgYHj1k
However as mentioned Qing failed while Japan on the other hand had success modernizing by westernization.
Basically the fail of the Qing made people believe modernization was not possible without westernization.

It's kinda impossible to in a lot if cases.

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I do not think it is easy to mass produce such wears though I may be wrong. You may almost always have to get it altered.

>I don't think it is easy to mass produce such wears.
Its super easy now. Back then it would take longer, but they could've kept their old wears, but when compared to western clothing they weren't as comfortable.

I don't think an elaborately embroidered authentic silk robe with a jade encrusted fucking belt will ever be cheap and easy to produce.

They look retarded.

Majority of the people in Asia didn't wear that fancy shit though. Compared to then though, it is now cheaper to produce.

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The East Asian reformers basically got pushed out by what Samuel Huntington called Kemalists. Ie they wanted to greatly alter their native culture and supplant it with elements of Western Civilisation instead.

Because they were euroboos

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>but when compared to western clothing they weren't as comfortable.
Ever wore silk clothing?

Not soon enough
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Get the fuck out you fucking Manchu.
True Chinese clothing is 汉服
And yes, it should be commonly worn in China.

To be fair, they didn't "just copy" western clothing.

Before they were memed into suits, Chink formalwear was based on a military tunic (copied by Sun Yat-sen from Japs military tunic) called the Zhongshan Suit.

Which both Sun Yat-sen and Mao popularized.

We need more hot Asians in Asian clothing pics.

Because distinctions between industrialization and Westernization weren't nearly as clear then, and are arguably not very clear now, either.

What you must understand is that industrialization does not simply involve building factories and railroads: it involves a whole set of measures that completely and radically transform agrarian societies. The Qing failed to understand this completely, merely buying up the latest weapons and building railroads and factories without recognizing the need to reform essential state institutions and neglecting other infrastructure. Of course, you also have to take into account that the Qing were also fatally weakened by exposure to outside interference.

China didn't really start industrializing until about the 1950's, and following the clusterfuckery of the Great Leap Forward and Cultural Revolution, restarted again in the 1970's-1980's.

Building on this. The Japanese Westernized in a way that was more extensive and yet better controlled than that of the Qing. Key to this was the creation and propagation of a national identity based on shared traditions that supposedly stretched hundreds of years into the past. Often these traditions were very obscure; at worst, they were completely made up. Because of the multi-ethnic nature of the Chinese empire and the nature of its rulers, constructing an ethno-nation state like Imperial Japan was far more difficult.

>(copied by Sun Yat-sen from Japs military tunic)
...which in turn was copied from Europe.

ThisAnd asian “traditional” clothing is not easily mass produced.

>...which in turn was copied from Europe.
Except Euronigger civilians didn't wear what essentially is a military uniform for formal attire.

Early mass-produced clothing would probably be regular pants and shirts. None of those are unique to the west.
>Implying western clothing can't be overly flamboyant and elaborate.

British children wore sailor suits, which was later copied by the Japs.

They did actually, in the beginning. Why don't you do some simple research first before asking.

I also still wear this kind of cloth occasionally, still very stylish even by today's standard.

You look like a faggot.

Also there is new fashion more traditional style now.

No.

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