Growing up in the Philippines of mixed Filipino and Chinese heritage, Mr Acosta Peh did not have much exposure to Chinese traditions. But when the Year 3 fashion design student at the Nanyang Academy ...
In Heather Guo's vintage cheongsam collection, one stands apart: a red dress thought to be from 1950s Shanghai, embroidered with butterflies and flowers and made just years before China's Cultural ...
Lavishly illustrated fashion magazine articles, scholarly monographs and museum exhibitions have extensively documented the social history of the cheongsam. Most research has focused on the ...
From snake-themed events to whether your luck is in: discover all you need to know about the coming Lunar New Year in ourYear of the Snake 2025 series. Chocolate Tsang opens the door to her Hong Kong ...
Cheongsam is one of the traditional outfits worn by Chinese women for special occasions, such as weddings, birthdays, festivals, and the New Year. It’s a sheath dress usually characterized by high ...
Bent over a magenta chiffon fabric, an elderly Hong Kong tailor wearing thick glasses meticulously stitched on embroidered butterflies, working to transform the shimmering material into an elegant, ...
At 88, Yan Kar-man is one of Hong Kong's oldest master tailors of the cheongsam -- literally "long clothes" in Cantonese -- a dress recognisable for its form-fitting silhouette which was famously ...
SHENYANG, China, Sept. 06, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- On the evening of September 2, the opening ceremony of the 2024 Shenyang Cheongsam Culture Week and the 6th China Customized Cheongsam Art Festival ...
Edith Cheung (in orange scarf), an adviser with the Centre for Heritage, Art and Textiles (CHAT), at the Out of the Box: Rethinking Chinese Garments exhibition. (PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY) The qipao, or ...