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2. Cheongsam - Wikipedia

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   Cheongsam (UK: / tʃ (i) ɒ ŋ ˈ s æ m /, US: / tʃ ɔː ŋ ˈ s ɑː m /) or zansae, also known as the qipao (/ ˈ tʃ iː p aʊ /) and sometimes referred to as the mandarin gown, is a Chinese dress worn by women which takes inspiration from the qizhuang, the ethnic clothing of the Manchu people.

3. Women's clothing in China - Wikipedia

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   Two women wearing cheongsam in a 1930s Shanghai advertisement. The cheongsam is a body-hugging (modified in Shanghai) one-piece Chinese dress for women; the male version is the changshan. It is known in Mandarin Chinese as the qípáo (旗袍; Wade-Giles ch'i-p'ao), and is also known in English as a mandarin gown.

4. Traditional Chinese wedding dress - Wikipedia

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   The cheongsam (Chinese: 旗袍), or zansae also known as qipao, sometimes referred to as the mandarin gown, traces its origins to the Qing dynasty. [4] Cheongsam was the dress for Manchu women which become popular in Hong Kong and Shanghai after the fall of the Qing dynasty in 1912. [5] Nowadays, the cheongsam can also be worn as a wedding ...

5. The world’s best and worst cabin crew uniforms - AOL

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   The Chinese airline teamed up with designer Laurence Xu to create an haute couture-style collection of elegant cabin wear, taking inspiration from a traditional Chinese dress called Cheongsam.

6. Chinese clothing - Wikipedia

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   Cheongsam is the traditional dress of Chinese women in China and the world, and is regarded [by whom?] as China's national treasure and women's national costume. It was formed in the 1920s and has since become the most common women's garment.

7. Oei Hui-lan - Wikipedia

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   [17] [33] [46] She is widely acknowledged for reinventing the Chinese cheongsam in a way that accentuates and flatters the female figure. [33] [46] Cheongsam dresses at the time were decorously slit a few inches up the sides, but Hui-lan slashed hers to the knee – in the heady 1920s – "with lace pantelettes just visible to the ankle".