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Hong Kong’s tailor-made qipaos and suits enjoy an excellent reputation, and have attracted the custom of numerous dignitaries and international celebrities over the years. Two tailors representing the Canton-style and Shanghai-style respectively still hold fast to their principles, consistently sewing each item of clothing with dedication.
2 cze 2021 · The cheongsam has evolved over the centuries, but the 1930s Shanghai style – which combined features of both European and traditional Chinese tailoring and whose key elements included the mandarin...
30 gru 2020 · First popularised in Shanghai in the 1920s and 1930s, this neck-high, form-hugging long dress became a local hit after the influx of Shanghainese tailors who fled to Hong Kong from mainland China in the 1950s.
With the demise of Shanghai as the fashion and luxury capital of East Asia post 1949, many wealthy Shanghainese families crossed the Ocean and sought refuge in Hong Kong. Along with them went the Shanghainese tailors.
Shanghainese tailors helped popularize forms of dress in Hong Kong like the Cheongsam (called Qipao in Mandarin and Zansae in Shanghainese). [27] Shanghainese pedicure in Hong Kong has been called the "World's Most Amazing Pedicure" by Time Magazine.
8 kwi 2024 · Hong Kong-based Jason Mui and On-Ying Lai’s Yat Pit, which translates from Cantonese as “one stroke,” looks at Chinese and Hong Kongese history to distill it into an easy, contemporary wardrobe. For autumn, the design duo looked at the Hakka people, one of the four groups that inhabited Hong Kong prior to the British occupation.
Hong Kong became synonymous with the sartorial arts in the mid 20th century, as China’s Communist Revolution led to the relocation of skilled Shanghainese tailors to our city. Since then,...
