Frog (fastening)
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A frog or pankou, also called Chinese frog closure and decorative toggle, is a type of ornamental garment closure. Made from braiding, cord, fabric, or covered wire, they consist of a decorative knot
Floral pankou, typically used on cheongsam, China
Ming dynasty empress' silk jacket with fastened with zimukou.
Portrait of a Nobleman wearing Hussar Dress, by Miklós Barabás (1833)
Straight pankou sewed to a cheongsam
Tangzhuang
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Tangzhuang, sometimes called Tang suit, is a kind of Chinese jacket with Manchu origins and Han influences, characterized with a mandarin collar closing at the front with frog buttons. It is an update
Frog (fastening)
…typically sewn at the centre of the mandarin collar and along the diagonal slanted (S-shaped) opening. They are also used in other garments, such as tangzhuang, gua (jacket) including those used in the qungua, and the changshan, etc. The frogs which are used in the making of the cheongsam, are typically made…
Asia-Pacific leaders wearing tangzhuang at the 2001 APEC summit
Delaval's 1821 portrait of Kan Gao, a Chinese worker on Cayenne, in a magua.
Russian and US presidents Vladimir Putin and George W. Bush in their tangzhuangs at the 2001 APEC summit in Shanghai, China
A class of western tai chi practitioners, clad in white tangzhuangs (2005)