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The Golden Age of Hong Kong Cheongsam: The 1950s and 1960s
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- Cheongsam everywhere: Students of Rural Training College in countryside
Students of the Rural Training College in the countryside in the 1950s. Founded in 1946, the college aimed to provide trained teachers for rural schools in the New Territories.
- Cheongsam everywhere: Riding rickshaw
Woman in a rickshaw. Taken in Hong Kong, 1950s.
- Cheongsam everywhere: Shopping at market
This photograph captures women wearing cheongsam and the Chinese-style two-piece attire. The latter was a style commonly worn by women of the working class. Taken in Hong Kong, circa 1953.
- Cheongsam everywhere: Enjoying horse racing at racecourse
A group of women wearing short-sleeved cheongsams made of richly patterned shell fabrics attend Happy Valley racecourse, 1955.
- Cheongsam everywhere: Teaching at Boat School
A 'boat school' for children of the fishing folks in Aberdeen, Hong Kong, with the teacher in a plain white cheongsam. Taken in the early 1960s.
- Cheongsam everywhere: Ling Bo promoting Government lottery
Movie star Ling Bo promoting the Government lottery, 1964.
- Cheongsam everywhere: Film actresses attending raffle draw of Hong Kong Government Lottery
Famous film actresses Nam Hung (front row, first from right) and Josephine Siao (back row, first from right) attend the raffle draw of the Hong Kong Government Lottery in the Concert Hall of Hong Kong City Hall, 1965.
- Cheongsam everywhere: At Kai Tak Airport
Passengers and flight attendants wearing cheongsams at Hong Kong Kai Tak International Airport in the early 1960s.
- Cheongsam everywhere: Cheongsam segment in fashion show (1)
To complement the opening of 'Hong Kong Week' on 30 October 1967, a fashion show entitled 200 Years of Chinese Beauties was held on the same day at the Mandarin Hotel (now Mandarin Oriental Hong Kong) in Central; the cheongsam segment was the most eye-catching part of the show.
- Cheongsam everywhere: Cheongsam segment in fashion show (2)
To complement the opening of 'Hong Kong Week' on 30 October 1967, a fashion show entitled 200 Years of Chinese Beauties was held on the same day at the Mandarin Hotel (now Mandarin Oriental Hong Kong) in Central; the cheongsam segment was the most eye-catching part of the show.