Classically tailored men's cheongsam - especially when made from top-quality silk - have always been an expensive undertaking. Construction of each garment requires several continuous metres of ...

Yet, you also can’t run away from traditional dressing. The cheongsam is a perennial favourite, and designers constantly include it into their festive collections every year.

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 ...