in most of the recreations & illustrations I could find Xia and Shang chinese are depicted wearing the same sort of Kimono like Robes chinese aristocrats were wearing right up until the end of the empire. is that accurate? if "yes" why was chinese fashion so consistent over such a long time period?

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the west went from togas to business suits in less than half the time

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