[Tooling history] Blue cloth tooling for those years

The author saw a well-preserved "Cultural Revolution" pre-inspection overalls in the honorary office of the Zixing Procuratorate in Hunan Province.

The clothing is pure blue and is a cotton winter coat. There are five dark brown plastic buttons on the front and its style is close to "Zhongshanzhuang".

It is understood that this garment has been in use for nearly 50 years since it was retired. Before May 1, 1984, the prosecutors at all levels in the country did not have special procurator uniforms. This garment became a very popular workwear for prosecutors at the time.

Blue cloth tooling is the longest-running neutral clothing in China.

In the 1950s, the construction of New China set off a climax. People advocated the most glorious work and simple fashion. Workers usually wear blue cloth work clothes and wear them as a kind of glory.

In the early 1960s, three years of natural disasters, cotton was cut sharply, and the cotton ration was 21 feet per person, which was the most difficult time. Buying clothing, cotton cloth, and daily-use textiles must be clothed. In order to be as economical as possible, the criteria for buying clothing are wear-resistant and stain-resistant. Gray and blue colors become street colors, and they are the same regardless of season, regardless of season. Fashion styles are also more popular.

Lei Feng once wrote in the diary of 1961, “What is the beauty of the times? The worker’s oil-stained blue tooling is the most beautiful... It all constitutes the beauty of our time. If anyone thinks this is not beautiful, then he will Do not understand our time."

In the 1970s, college students who had just graduated to work were almost all wearing blue cloth. It highlights the difficult and simple atmosphere of the times. But even if the young people of this period were identical blue garments, there were always young girls who thought to make their clothes look better—either to be more fit or to reveal a flower collar.

Since occupying the Chinese fashion market for 30 years, the blue cloth tooling's unification led the French journalist Robert Guillain to have a Chinese name called “blue ant” for the Chinese. This AFP reporter used to describe history in details, which suits the west at that time To vilify China's trend, in 1955 he wrote a book entitled "Blue Ants - The 600 Million Chinese Under the Red."

Over the following 20 years, with the continued popularity of similar books in the West, this metaphor has often been seen in the Western press and has almost become a Chinese name. The book states: “People wear blue cloth clothes wherever they go. Girls wear long trousers. In addition to drooping hair or peasant-type braids, they dress exactly like men...”

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