Chengcheng Yang

My works are mainly focused on the social hierarchy and class differences from a British historical view. As we know, Britain has a very deep and unique cultural tradition. I found a lot of materials and images of the ruling class in British history, especially the royal family. This is the basis of my research. Several queens are important objects of my research on how the ruling class uses clothing as a means of distinguishing itself from ordinary people. In other words, clothing is also one of the means of political governance. The ruling class creates a social hierarchy. Tell people what is rich and what is poverty, aesthetics represent high social status and what is a low class through education. Making people believe in an artificial system and believe that it is natural. This is a natural way that the world goes on. Each of us has obtained a definite position in this society’s system before we were born. And then he accepts and fulfils the rules. This kind of rule permeates all aspects of life, and clothing as the most universal and external stuff is effective and available. I think it is a very interesting and unique cultural heritage. Like the geisha culture in Japan, each country has it’s own unique and precise cultural
traditions, which makes the world diverse and worth exploring.