in cosmopolitan Shanghai society. In post-liberation China, however, the male cheongsam was considered symbolic of a best-discarded reactionary past, and was not worn in public by anyone who ...

Experts say the silver-haired tailor is among roughly 10 remaining cheongsam-makers in Hong Kong, which in the mid-1960s used to have about 1,000, according to records from the Shanghai Tailoring ...

The cheongsam originated in Shanghai and rapidly became a fashion trend adopted by movie stars and schoolgirls alike. The history of this garment reflects the rise of the fashionable Chinese lady ...

1930s Shanghai. The past is like a fragment of a dream; a painter also uses their reveries to transcend barriers of time and space, approaching or entering dreams. A girl in a cheongsam appears ...

SHANGHAI in the 1920s and 30s were considered Old Shanghai, when Chinese clothing was influenced by Western designs. It was the time when traditional Chinese wear was glamorous and stylish for ...