qipao
dress
Also known as: cheongsam
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- In dress: China
This was the qipao, better known in the West by its Cantonese name, cheongsam, or as a “mandarin dress.” The qipao had developed from the changfu. A close-fitting dress made from one piece of material, the qipao was fastened up the right (or more rarely, the left) front…
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