Title
Cap-sleeved floral cheongsam
Year/Period
1950s-1970s
Region
Singapore
Dimension
Object size: 103.7 x 43.5 cm
Accession No.
2004-00705
Collection of
Credit Line
Gift of Irene Hoe
This is a cap-sleeved cheongsam with a floral motif all over. It is figure hugging and tapered at the bottom, giving the wearer a pencil-slim silhouette. The flap on the right-hand side is secured by press studs.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.