Desperate to catch up with the latest trend? Dotty for a curvaceous figure? Yes, fashion, a fulltime job, is the call of nature and the order of the day. But ever got hopeless and fed up with yourself? No wonder. Thick thighs, thin waist, large bust, thin face…It's fantastic but really non-realistic.

When time was old however, people hearkened to Tang women as the ultimate standard of beauty. Envy them? Follow this elegant Tang lady and read on.

"The Ladies Wearing Flowers in Hair" is a well-known ancient Chinese painting. It depicts the comfortable, gorgeous and happy life of noble women in the Tang Dynasty. The lady in a translucent red gown has olive-shaped eyebrows. She is playing with a pet dog and enjoying her leisure time.

  Chang'an: City of Fashion

Setting foot in Xi'an today, I find this ancient city dry and under a shroud of dust. Dust, yes, isolates the city from the world fashion. Not as démodé as the terracotta warriors are perhaps, yet still a world away from what we call "vogue" today.

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