Julie Blussé
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first heard Jul 2026
last heard 10 Jul
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My mother turned her pink collar out and spent the whole day feeling terribly excited and nervous.
Mrs. Ting was even more daring.
She not only turned her collar outside her uniform, but rolled up her sleeves so that a broad band of pink showed on each arm.
My mother was staggered, almost awestruck at this defiance.
As expected, there were plenty of disapproving glances, but Mrs. Ting held her chin up.
If you wear a Mao suit in China, people will stare at you.
Fashion always goes in cycles.
So you would expect this year, it's 50 years since Mao died, 50 years since the Cultural Revolution ended.
Why hasn't it made a comeback yet?
He said, like, even though this was a period of time where China was extremely poor, they, like, channeled all their creativity and money into creating these extremely utilitarian, highly functional, beautiful garments.
I mean, this is a guy who really cares about materials.
I didn't get the sense that it was a very nationalist idea.
So he was like, yeah, that actually makes me very uncomfortable.
So he just collects it.
It is meaningful that Xi Jinping is still wearing a Mao suit.
It means that he sees himself as part of that tradition and part of those same aspirations as Mao had before him to a certain extent.
Basically, it proposed to outlaw clothing or symbols that were detrimental to the spirit of the Chinese nation and hurt the feelings of the Chinese people.
The language was intentionally vague.
And then it seemed like it was also targeting people in drag, guys wearing what you could call women's clothing.
And this proposed legislation did not pass.
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