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Woman's Dress (Cheongsam)1960s

On view:

BCAM 2nd Floor, Fashioning Chinese Women: Empire to Modernity

Sleeveless qipao-style dress on a mannequin, in a large checkerboard pattern of olive green and crinkled metallic silver-gold squares

Title: Woman's Dress (Cheongsam)
Place Made: Hong Kong
Date Made: 1960s
Medium: Silk and nylon, double weave with lamé supplementary-weft patterning (matelassé crepe), with silk satin trim
Dimensions: Center back length: 51 1/2 in. (130.81 cm)
Credit Line: Costume Council Acquisition Fund
Accession Number: M.2021.45.5
Classification: Costumes
Collecting Area: Costume and Textiles
Selected Bibliography: Hansen, Michaela. Fashioning Chinese Women: Empire to Modernity. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; New York: DelMonico Books, 2026.