Hello everyone! Today's article is the second in my series
of folk costumes recreated on Stardoll. This article will be about the Chinese
folk costume Cheongsam.
A cheongsam also known as qipao ( 旗袍)
is a dress that has a high collar with ornamental buttons. The modern cheongsam
is tailored and tight fitting with short sleeves. The old cheongsam was loose
aand long and only showed a woman's head, hands and tips of her feet. The
modernization of the cheongsam happened in the 1920's in Shanghai when
influential women of the time like celebrities and noble women adopted the new
modern style. For a while in the 1960's to 1970's the Chinese government tried
to get rid of the cheongsam and many other cultural things during the Chinese
Cultural Revolution. Since the 1980's cheongsam and other cultural things have
been accepted back by the Chinese people and have made their way back into
fashion. Now-a-days women usually wear cheongsams at formal or diplomatic events.
Also some women are required to wear cheongsam as a uniform like as a
waitresses or flight attendants.
Here is what a modern cheongsam looks like:
Here is the version I made on SD:
I used "Kung Fu Panda 2 dress' from the Kung Fu Panda 2
campaign and '7 Inch Heels' Special Offer and 'Diamond Earrings' from
Glam'R'us. All three items I used are freebies!
Thank you for reading. I hope you have a great week. Also a
reminder if you have a folk costume that is unsellable or one I don't have,
please contact me on SD and I will be sure to feature you in my article.
-Amy Katrina, csi12asa
