19401970 Seaming The Past With The Present And Future Stories Of Hong Kong Chinese Traditional Costumes In The 1940s To 1970s 1 St 2018 19401970 Seaming The Past With The Present And Future Stories Of Hong Kong Chinese Traditional Costumes In The 1940s To 1970s by 游淑芬 - 2018 - 承先啟後: 有關1940~1970年代香港中式服裝的故事 Seaming The Past With The Present And Future. Stories Of Hong Kong Chinese Traditional Costumes In The 1940s To 1970s 9789887885313, 9887885312 instant download after payment.

In this international city of Hong Kong,
people follow Western-style fashion and are never slow in catching up with the
trend. In the past, however, most people wore Chinese-style clothes that were
handmade. It was starting from the1970's when western dress style became popular
and clothes making became an industry that lesser people dress traditional
Chinese costumes. What exactly has changed in the evolution process of the
dress style of Hong Kong people in the past century? It is hard to find
structured records on the development of

Chinese traditional costumes in Hong Kong.
While we can still find traces of the dress style of that time from old photographs
or Cantonese films, however,records on the culture and craft of Chinese
traditional costumes are scarce. Dress making must go through the process of
fabric cutting and then stitching. The craft involved is particularly crucial. Ten
persons closely related to Chinese traditional costumes have been invited to
participate in this oral history programme. Though the number is relatively small,
our participants are highly representative: there are four tailors with two
each from the Kwongtung and the Jiangsu/Zhejiang provinces; there are three
males and three females who used to dress Chinese costumes as their daily wear;
and in terms of their place of birth, four are from Kwongtung, four from
Jiangsu/Zhejiang and two were born in Hong Kong.