Golden Scissor Cheongsam tailor Li Qiying prepares to retire after devoting over 50 years of her life to the craft. She ...

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 ...

SHENYANG, China, May 26, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- On May 21, an aerial fashion show themed "Charm of Cheongsam in Shenyang, Encountering a Colorful New Life" grandly kicked off in the Sculpture Park ...

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 ...

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 ...

HONG KONG – 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 ...

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 ...