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Also known as a cheongsam - the unisex Cantonese term means "long shirt" - the male version is sometimes rendered as changshan; the term helps differentiate the men's garment from the female variant.
The founders of Linva Tailor, one of Hong Kong’s most famous suppliers of traditional Chinese cheongsam (full disclosure: they’re my grandparents) first opened for business in 1965 at 38 ...
At 88, Yan Kar-man is one of Hong Kong's oldest master tailors of the cheongsam - literally "long clothes" in Cantonese - a dress recognisable for its form-fitting silhouette which was famously ...
SINGAPORE – Two weeks after the death of renowned Singaporean fashion designer Laichan Goh, considered the country’s godfather of the modern cheongsam, his eponymous boutique in Mandarin ...
SINGAPORE – Renowned Singaporean fashion designer Laichan Goh, best known for his elegant and modern interpretations of cheongsam, died on April 14 at the age of 62. He died peacefully at Assisi ...