This is a brown-coloured sleeveless cheongsam. It has a nipped-in waist, which was popular in the 1950s and 1960s. The flap on the right-hand side is secured by press studs. It was believed to be worn for evening functions.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.
