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Hong Kong cheongsam master in the mood to retire after 75 years
At 88, Yan Kar-man is one of Hong Kong's oldest master tailors of the cheongsam -- literally "long clothes" in Cantonese -- a ...
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How Chinese wedding dresses are made, their symbolism and why some can cost US$13,000
In most parts of China, brides wear a one-piece cheongsam on their wedding day. In Hong Kong and other parts of southern China, they wear a traditional dress called a qun kua, or kwan kwa in ...
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Surviving ready-to-wear fashion and jealous colleagues - cheongsam's evolution at Linva Tailor on Cochrane Street
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 ...