This is a light blue sleeveless lace cheongsam with a floral design. The collar is lined with a plastic support. It is figure hugging and tapered at the bottom, giving the wearer a pencil-slim silhouette. As the trend moved towards focusing on the overall shape of the cheongsam rather than details, piping and fastenings were sometimes omitted. 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.
