Cheongsam

  • A Fijian student in China named Jadeine Whiteside is now living the dream of becoming a fashion designer. She won a bronze prize on Wednesday at a national fashion competition for international students in Shanghai city, China. The competition was the first of its kind in the country and the event had about 40 foreign students…

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  • The cheongsam is a body-hugging one-piece Chinese dress for women, young ladies and girls. It is also right to call for English speakers to refer to it as Mandarin gown. The stylish and often tight-fitting cheongsam or qipao (chipao) that is best known today was created in the 1920’s in Shanghai and made fashionable by socialites and upper…

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