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China: Chinese calendar girl of the 1930s wearing a qipao or cheongsam.

The cheongsam is a body-hugging one-piece Chinese dress for women. It is known in Mandarin Chinese as the qípáo (??; Wade-Giles ch'i-p'ao, and is also known in English as a mandarin gown. The stylish and often tight-fitting cheongsam or qipao (chipao) that is most often associated with today was created in the 1920s in Shanghai and was made fashionable by socialites and upperclass women.
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China: Chinese calendar girl of the 1930s wearing a qipao or cheongsam.
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The cheongsam is a body-hugging one-piece Chinese dress for women. It is known in Mandarin Chinese as the qípáo (??; Wade-Giles ch'i-p'ao, and is also known in English as a mandarin gown. The stylish and often tight-fitting cheongsam or qipao (chipao) that is most often associated with today was created in the 1920s in Shanghai and was made fashionable by socialites and upperclass women.
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3500 x 5069 px | 50.8 MB
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29.6 x 42.9 cm | 11.7 x 16.9 in (300 dpi)
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