Title
White lace cheongsam
Year/Period
1950s-1970s
Region
Singapore
Dimension
Object size: 109 x 42 cm
Accession No.
2004-00723
Collection of
Credit Line
Gift of Irene Hoe
This is a white sleeveless lace cheongsam decorated with a cut-out circular motif all over. This piece has a nipped-in waist, which was popular in the 1950s and 1960s. This cheongsam belonged to Mdm. Wu Chuen Chuen, who enjoyed wearing it to work and parties, often with a corset underneath to achieve the desired hourglass figure. A leading businesswoman of her time, Mdm. Wu ran the former Stamford Café at Bras Basah Road for 30 years before it closed in the 1970s.
