Until the twentieth century, peasant women typically wore a skirt (váy) and a halter top (áo yếm).[6] Influenced by the fashions of China's Qing, or Manchu, imperial court, aristocrats favored less revealing clothes.[7] In 1744, Lord Nguyễn Phúc Khoát of Huế decreed that both men and women at his court wear trousers and a gown with buttons down the front.[2] The members of the southern court were thus distinguished from the courtiers of the Trịnh Lords in Hanoi, who wore a split-sided jacket and a long skirt.