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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.
Date c.1953 People Hawker Object Market | Signboard | Cheongsam Material Type Image Collection A Century of Fashion: Hong Kong Cheongsam Story Source Hong Kong Museum of History. Image Reference No.: P1973.428 Repository Hong Kong Museum of History Note to Copyright Permission for use in Hong Kong Memory is given by Hong Kong Museum of History Accession No. lcs-cheo-0078 Copyright © 2012 Hong Kong Memory. All rights reserved.
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