The costume regulation includes headwear, clothes, and accessories and uses distinctive materials, colours, motifs, shapes, etc., to distinguish the wearer’s position and rank. This costume system developed for thousands of years and became a dress code in Chinese culture. This lecture introduces the costume regulations during the Ming and Qing dynasties to unveil the ancient Chinese dress code to the modern public.

Isabel Pifen Chueh is the curator of the Mactaggart Art Collection in Edmonton, Alberta. Her past experience includes being the curator of the Textile Gallery at the National Palace Museum, Taipei.