0 a straight, tight silk dress with a high neck and a slit (= cut) in the side of the skirt, in a style that became popular in China, especially Shanghai:
There were some interesting cigarette advertisements from the 1930s, where you see the traditional cheongsam being Westernized.
I bought lovely new dresses, including a Taiwanese silk cheongsam with hand embroidery.
Celebrities in Shanghai made these tight-fitting cheongsam popular.
Galliano's first Dior collection featured cheongsam, as did Tom Ford's last YSL collection.
Tan has a personal collection of vintage cheongsams and robes assembled over years of scouring flea markets.
There was an elderly white-haired Chinese lady in a modest blue cheongsam.
