In 1978, China started to reform and adopted the open door policy. Since then, fashion and fashion culture have 
entered common Chinese people's life. As a part of western culture, a series of fashionable western garments, are changing the image of Chinese costumes gradually. Since the end of 1970s, besides asking tailors to make their clothes, people have started to purchase ready-made clothes. Clothes processing industry developed quickly along with the open door policy and reform. There are more and more clothes brands, design and colors in the market. People believe more and more in the quality and taste represented by the brand clothes. Taking examples of several types of popular clothes, it is not difficult to see how Chinese blend in the world fashion in dressing.
Bell pants are also called bell-bottomed pants. This kind of trousers has short crotch, thin and tight cut in hip and thigh part. From the knee part, the legs of trousers are widened and loosened, making the trousers look like bell shape. Originally it was a kind of sailor clothes. Loosening the trousers legs was to cover the rubber boots, which was to prevent seawater or deck cleaning water being poured into the boots. Bell-bottomed trousers originally were American decadent style clothes, popular from the end of 1960s to the end of 1970s. In 1978, it was about the end of bell-bottomed pants' popularity in Europe and America when China opened its door to outside world. Bell- bottomed trousers became popular among young people in China overnight and then were quickly spread to the whole country. Jackets go with them are tight elastic jackets, displaying an "A" shape.
Together with bell-bottomed pants, sunglasses also entered into China. As early as in 1930s, "dark glasses" were once very popular in big cities in China. Made of citrines or smoky quartz, the spectacle lens of dark glasses is small and in round shape. Dark glasses were once very popular among fashionable people. At the end of 1970s, sunglasses entered China again, but the popular styles were "toad style" and "panda style." The spectacle lenses are big and in the shape of toad or panda bear. One of the fashionable ways was to wear the sunglasses on top of the head or hang in front of the chest. Many young men, due to their worship for foreign things, even kept the brand stick paper on the glasses on purpose in order to show that their glasses were a foreign product. Since then, the styles of sunglasses have experienced constant changes. Chinese followed closely with the world glasses fashion.
Jeans also entered into China at the end of 1970s. And since then, more and more people have started to wear jeans, expanding from fashionable young men to people of all classes and ages. In 1990s, types of jeans developed including short skirts, short pants, waistcoats, jackets, hats, satchels, and backpacks. Colors were not limited to blue. New materials appeared such as water washing thin materials. At the beginning of 1980s, bat clothes were very popular. This type of clothes look like bat wings when stretching the two sleeves. With various types of collars, a bat pullover sleeves and clothes body integrates into a whole. There are no sewing threads on the sleeves. The lower hem of the pullover is tight. Later more types were developed such as the bat coats, bat overcoats and bat jackets etc. It is quite interesting that this clothes style re-appeared in 2004 spring and summer fashion trend as a kind of retro.
