A young Chinese woman sitting on the lawn outside a house wearing a Western outfit

As Singapore women became more cosmopolitan and were exposed to Western ideas, they started to look to the West and other parts of Asia (Hong Kong, Shanghai and Tokyo) for fashion inspiration. This eventually resulted in the adoption of such Western-style outfits.

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