Forum: Poser - OFFICIAL


Subject: Nice outfit, but that isn't really a cheongsam...

Jim Burton opened this issue on Feb 18, 2005 ยท 9 posts


Jim Burton posted Fri, 18 February 2005 at 6:26 PM

Attached Link: http://market.renderosity.com/softgood.ez?ViewSoftgood=34379

Sorry, but I couldn't let this pass, after I saw it in a banner. (See the link) The picture is what they really look like... ;-) From a website that sells them: "The cheongsam has a history of over 300 years, but with the many superb features and fabrics, all distinctively Chinese, the popularity of the cheongsam has only been increasing in the international world of high fashion. Cantonese, the main dialect of Guangzhou (once called Canton) and surrounding areas, lent English the word cheongsam during British colonial days - it fitingly means "long dress". The dresses are also commonly called qipao in the Mandarin tongue. When the early Manchu rulers came to China proper, they organized many people into "banners" (qi) and called them "banner people" (QiRen, which the Manchus were often after called). The standard one-piece dress worn by Manchu women was thus dubbed "qipao" or "banner dress." Although the 1911 Revolution toppled the rule of the Qing (Manchu) Dynasty, the qipao and all its original charm has lasted."