Title
Purple cheongsam
Year/Period
1950s-1970s
Region
Singapore
Dimension
Object size: 106.5 x 44.5 cm
Accession No.
2004-00712
Collection of
Credit Line
Gift of Irene Hoe
This is a purple sleeveless cheongsam with bands of golden and black geometric patterns on its collar, sleeves, flap on the right bodice and hems. This piece has a nipped in waist which was popular in the 1950s and 1960s. It has a zipper on its right. This cheongsam belonged to Mdm Wu Chuen Chuen who enjoyed wearing it to work, often with a corset underneath to achieve the desired hourglass figure. A leading business woman of her times, Mdm Wu ran the former Stamford Café at Bras Basah Road for 30 years before it closed in the 1970s.
