Professor Liu asserts that modern Shanghai-style qipao are refined with darts, waist and bust shaping, and an adjusted ...

The qipao traces its origins to robes worn by Manchu nobility during the Qing dynasty, but the garment rose in popularity and the figure-flattering silhouette we know today is largely thanks to ...

Cheongsam (Cantonese for "long garment") and qipao (Mandarin for "banner robe") are often used interchangeably, but by some accounts, they're actually two distinct styles. The original qipao was a ...

The qipao ceased to be worn for everyday occasions after the 1950s in the PRC and the late 1960s in Hong Kong, Taiwan and Singapore. But it has powerfully re-emerged in the last few years. This is ...

How the qipao has inspired red-carpet looks over the years: designers from Carolina Herrera to Tom Ford have dressed the likes of Taylor Swift, Rita Ora and Gong Li in twists on the Chinese classic.

This Student Says Her Qipao Prom Dress Is Being Called Out for Cultural Appropriation. She wore a traditional Chinese dress. By Mekita Rivas. April 30, 2018. Courtesy of Twitter / @daumkeziah.

I came to learn - much too late, unfortunately - that the dress code for Chinese weddings is casual. ... The qipao may have been over the top, but, hey, at least fuschia is my color. 0.

Inspired by her behavioral art project of wearing qipao everyday for a year, 20-year-old Shi Minyue founded her own company in April. The company aims to bring qipao back into modern Chinese women ...

Once qipao were shapeless and the women who wore them stayed indoors. But as women became liberated, educated and self-aware, they expressed themselves in form-fitting, brightly colored qipao that ...