This is similar to what happened at the beginning of the Qing, when the new Manchurian rulers compelled men to wear a braid and alter their attire, thus relegating Ming dynasty clothes to the attic of history. But commoner women were not placed under any restrictions--it is said that "the men surrendered but the women were never conquered" --and traditional Han women's fashion survived.
正如清朝滿人入主中原，強制男子剃頭換裝，明朝的衣冠因而走入歷史，但民間婦女卻未受限制，所謂「男降女不降」，反而留下傳統中原服飾。