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Hong Kong cheongsam master in the mood to retire after 75 years
Hong Kong cheongsam master in the mood to retire after 75 years
Business and Economy
by  AFP

Bent over a magenta chiffon fabric, an elderly Hong Kong tailor wearing thick glasses meticulously stitched on embroidered butterflies, working to transform the shimmering material into an elegant, high-collared Chinese dress known as a cheongsam. Its high-neck collars, knee-length slits and streamlined fits evoked a sense of city glamour, and by the 1960s the dress was everywhere in Hong Kong.