Qipao - 旗袍

The cheongsam from Cantonese Chinese: 長衫, also known as qipao from Mandarin Chinese: 旗袍, is a type of feminine body-hugging dress with distinctive Chinese features of Manchu origin. It was called mandarin gown during 1920s-1930s, popularised by Chinese socialites and upper-class women in Shanghai.

La qipao (旗袍) est un vêtement féminin chinois d’origine mandchoue (滿族), modernisé et mis à la mode à Shanghai au début du xxe siècle sous le nom de changshan (長衫) (cantonais : cheongsam).