Traditional Apparel-making Tools

As a well-known iconic component of Chinese women’s clothing, cheongsam, or chi pao, boasts an almost century-long history. Cheongsams were commonly seen in the daily wear of women of various ages and social classes around the 1930s in China, though they are more often seen nowadays in fashion shows, TV programs and movies. Chinese cheongsam tailors of that period of time, based on a strict conformity to traditional Chinese apparel-making techniques, reference to western ideas and a never-ending pursuit of perfectness, created the classic style of clothing that integrates oriental traditions and spirit of that age.