Title
Diploma certificate from the Academy of Beauty Culture, London
Year/Period
1954
Region
London, UK
Material
Dimension
Frame size: 29.4 x 36.5 cm
Accession No.
2017-00499
Collection of
Credit Line
Gift of the children of Mrs Florence Chong (nee Wong Chit Moy) – Coleen, Susan and Raymond Chong
This diploma was awarded to Mrs Florence Chong (nee Wong Chit Moy) on 14 September 1954 by the Academy of Beauty Culture Ltd at New Bond Street, London. Mrs Florence Chong was the seventh sister of prominent local bridal designer Mrs Sylvia Kho (nee Wong Sien Moy). She received training in make-up and hairstyling in London and provided her services to brides in Singapore as early as the 1950s.
