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Category Archives: Cheongsam
The Asia Post
The cheongsam doesn’t seem to have influenced fashion in India (perhaps those blouses with stand-up collars?). In Indian cinema they seem to be appear only when the part is Chinese. But here is Madhubala in a cheongsam. Pic source.
The Asia Post
In China, the process of modernisation resulted in women adopting the male “scholar gown”, which eventually became the fitted qipao/cheongsam. Among the magazines aimed at the new woman of the time was Ling Long magazine – there are plenty of posts on it on … Continue reading