For those who enjoyed playing the role of a scholar-poet from earlier days, a flowing male cheongsam was a perfect sartorial fit. One well-known personality, who habitually wore the garment to the ...

The fun, contemporary patterns know no limits and range from potato chips and pomegranates to cats and corn cobs. She also has an impressive collection of cheongsam made by other people.

Lavishly illustrated fashion magazine articles, scholarly monographs and museum exhibitions have extensively documented the social history of the cheongsam. Most research has focused on the ...