{"id":5416,"date":"2019-08-14T19:35:32","date_gmt":"2019-08-15T02:35:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.trystancraft.com\/costume\/?p=5416"},"modified":"2021-02-09T12:28:36","modified_gmt":"2021-02-09T20:28:36","slug":"empresses-in-the-palace-inspired-outfit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.trystancraft.com\/costume\/2019\/08\/14\/empresses-in-the-palace-inspired-outfit\/","title":{"rendered":"Empresses in the Palace-Inspired Outfit"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p>For several years, I&#8217;d planned to recreate a costume like those worn in the Chinese TV drama <em>The Empresses in the Palace<\/em> (2015), aka <em>The Legend of Zhen Huan<\/em> (2011). 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