subject: The Best Chinese Cheongsam Dress [print this page] Author: Yang Author: Yang
Cheongsam attires, known also as the qipao, has been popular not only in films and on fashion parades, it has captured the imagination of the people world over right from its origins in Shanghai in 1920s, and its hugging sexy looks has been a great draw. It was revived in Hong Kong, and such famous tailoring companies as Linvas in the Centrals Hong Kong has been at the centre of manufacturing the dresses on a large scale. You can see the tailors standing in the company of frog fastening sewed up on paper, embroidery and silk roll stacked up along with color fabrics across the counters and shelves, even the tailors take measurements from the tapes which are hanging around their necks all the time. What is special about Cheongsam is the collar, a distinctive mandarin style, along with another distinct feature of the dress, frog fastening coming with slits in the sides, rising to the height of thighs, it is a traditional dress which has not varied over a period time. You must tell the tailors when you are likely to wear the dress, whether in the morning, evening or for a wedding, and hair-does and skin colors are also taken into account before choosing the fabrics. Fabrics to be chosen from vary from brocades to woven silks, chiffon and even cashmere. Follow the link http://chinesecheongsamdress.com, to see some of the details of these dresses. You should chose the buttons fashioned after flowers like the chrysanthemums or peonies, and frog fastenings, that go with the Cheongsams placed along the neck towards right of the opening, and go downwards. Even the way the measurements are taken the tailors has a pattern, inasmuch as the 12 measurements required for this dress, are taken in the traditional order, commencing with the shoulder cross-measurements, and then going down the length of the dress. All these measurements are jotted down on a printed sheet and then gives it to the master tailor at the shop. Fashion of this dress also keep on changing, even as at present a high collar is considered fashionable, a high collar resembling the one which is used by Ziyi Zhang, the famous Chinese actress, in 2046, a Wong Kar Wais creation. In fact apart from being sexy, the attires gives the female a beautiful posture, apart from being very convenient and comfortable.About the Author:
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