item details
NameCheongsam
ProductionLo Kai Fook Silk Store; dressmaker; Early 1960s; Hong Kong
Classificationdresses
Materialssilk, metal
DimensionsWidth across shoulders: 372mm
Registration NumberGH014885
Credit lineGift of Susan Chu, 2005
Overview
Susan Chu commissioned this cheongsam (dress) from the Hong Kong dressmakers Lo Kai Fook Silk Store between 1960 and 1963. This cheongsam was for daywear, made light for the hot Hong Kong climate.
Susan commissioned cheongsams while living in New Zealand in the early 1960s or when she lived in Hong Kong from 1962 to 1963. She was born in China, 1939, and immigrated to New Zealand in about 1948.