People in the Warring States Period wrote Lu's Spring and Autumn Annals, Shiben and later Huainanzi all mentioned the Yellow Emperor, Hu Cao or created clothes. Judging from the unearthed cultural relics, the origin of costume history can be traced back to the late Paleolithic period in primitive society.

Tribal chiefs, wizards and fortune tellers in primitive society, in some cases, in order to symbolize authority and specific identity, as the Book of Changes said, "The Yellow Emperor Yao and Shun ruled the world by hanging down their clothes", the style of their clothes must be different from ordinary people. In addition, in military activities (including hunting) and sacrificial activities, the costumes of the host and participants are also different. All these have laid the foundation for the emergence and development of clothing system.

In ancient times, shoes were often made of animal skins, so the names of shoes were mostly leather. In ancient times, shoes had many names, such as shoes, shoes, boots, shoes and shoes. The earliest styles of shoes were very rough. It is speculated that the ancient people cut animal skins into roughly full feet and connected them with thin leather strips to become the most primitive shoes.

With the development of society and the progress of textile industry, cloth, silk and other things have also been used to make shoes, and combined with leather and flax, a large number of footwear products have appeared. By the Shang Dynasty, the style, workmanship and decoration of shoes were very exquisite, and the materials, colors and patterns were strictly regulated according to the clothing system. The shape and color of shoes in each dynasty changed with the form of uniforms. In the Western Zhou Dynasty, the hierarchical system was gradually established, and the Zhou Dynasty set up the official positions of "Si Fu" and "Inner Si Fu" to take charge of the royal costumes. According to the literature records and the analysis of unearthed cultural relics, China's crown service system was initially established in the Xia and Shang Dynasties, and was perfected in the Zhou Dynasty, the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. In order to show honor and dignity, royal officials and ministers should wear their crowns in an orderly manner and adopt different forms, colors and patterns on different ceremonial occasions. From the anthropomorphic cultural relics unearthed in the Zhou Dynasty, it can be seen that although the clothing decoration is complex and simple, it is clear from top to bottom, which has laid the basic shape of China clothing.