Hello! Sorry if this is a bit of a weird question but do you have any advice on how to wear short hair with hanfu (or modified hanfu)? Are there any particular accessories that might work better with short hair? Thank you so much!
Hi, thanks for the question - it’s not weird at all!
I’d like to start by saying that it’s not necessary to specially style your hair/wear hair accessories when wearing hanfu/modified hanfu - the purpose of the hanfu movement is to revive hanfu as an everyday fashion, so besides formal occasions, you can wear your hair however you like! I think wearing short hair naturally with hanfu can look really good - like in the examples below ^^:
With that said, if you want to wear hair accessories, one common style is to place flower hairpins/clips on one side of the head, like so:
It doesn’t have to be flowers, either - check out the nifty phoenix (?) hairclip on the right:
Alternatively, you can try a hair ribbon/headband for a super chic look:
Here are some more variations on hairstyles for short hair:
Feel free to be as creative as you want ^^:
I listed some of my recommendations for hanfu hair accessory shops in this post, if you’re interested. Hope this helps!
Loid: It’s troublesome but it’s for the sake of the mission.
Goes ballistic and one-man army when said child gets kidnapped
Loid: It’s for the mission.
Shows up all bloody and wrecked in order to avoid standing up Yor
The woman he wanted to <fake> marry ends up proposing marriage to him Loid: ‘Heh, all according to plan.’ Yet ends up face-planting anyway, so cool so suave, the world’s best spy and smoothest lady-killer, everybody
Loid: For the mission
Tells <fake> daughter they can live in a castle if there’s one for sale, actually rents a castle and pulls out all stops and plays Bondman in front of thousands of spies he works with just to indulge said <fake> daughter
Loid: FOR THE MISSION.
Both his <fake> daughter and <fake> wife get insulted by a smug asshole Loid: ‘Endure it. We’re not a real family anyway.’ Goes ballistic part 2 and ends up annihilating the table (it was either that or the smug asshole’s face) despite most certainly failing the interview and his mission as a result
Loid: FOR THE MISSIon
Exhausted yet spends a day-off with his family while wanting to turn down an actual mission Loid: ‘A threat to my family is a threat to world peace.’
Loid: FOR THE MISHUN
Feels guilty about bugging his <fake> wife, and worried about her relationship with her colleagues, buys cake for their <fake> anniversary, confirmed master seducer and has bagged so many women over the years according to Franky, yet blushes at simple hand contact and the prospect of sharing a bed like an actual high school boy instead of the cool and collected spy he’s supposed to be..!!!
Loid: FOR THE MISHUN?
<Fake> wife comes home not smiling Loid: Oh noes she must be angry at me Comes up with 800+ date ideas (IN ONE NIGHT) just to cheer her up
Loid: IT’S FOR THE MISSIO-
Point is, I get that he’s a perfectionist, but he really reaches peak dumbass levels when it comes to Yor and Anya. He just has to have a functional family and Anya and Yor are both willing to cooperate with him on that, but he doesn’t just do the minimum for them, but goes above and beyond to ensure their emotional happiness and satisfaction, to the point of pushing himself to his physical and mental limits, sacrificing his body, agency funds and personnel, you get the drill. Yor can already clearly see that Loid spoils Anya (which Loid doesn’t realize), but she doesn’t realize that Loid spoils her too. Just like a real father and husband would, albeit an excessively doting and extra one. The world’s top spy everybody.
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