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  • Cheongsam tailoring tools: Electric iron
    Electric iron
    Mid-20th century
    Hong Kong Museum of History collection
    Electric irons started to become popular in Hong Kong during the 1950s. To this day, cheongsam tailors still prefer using a heavy iron to press down the fabrics.
  • Cheongsam tailoring tools: Spray can
    Spray can
    1950s to 1960s
    Hong Kong Museum of History collection
    Cheongsam tailors prefer to use traditional spray cans rather than irons with a steam function.
  • Cheongsam tailoring tools: Copper glue scrappers
    Copper glue scrappers
    1960s to 1970s
    Hong Kong Museum of History collection
    While making a cheongsam, the tailor would mix flour, hot water and white alum into a glue and apply it to certain parts of the fabric. Once ironed, the fabric is stiffened, making it easier to cut, fix and sew.
  • Cheongsam tailoring tools: Thimbles
    Thimbles
    1960s to 1970s
    Hong Kong Museum of History collection
    While sewing, a tailor usually wears a thimble around the second segment of the middle finger on his right hand to protect it from being pierced by the blunt end of the needle.
  • Cheongsam tailoring tools: Steel pincers
    Steel pincers
    1960s to 1970s
    Hong Kong Museum of History collection
    The different sizes are used in the various procedures involved in making frog closures.
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