At 88, Yan Kar-man is one of Hong Kong's oldest master tailors of the cheongsam -- literally "long clothes" in Cantonese -- a ...

Chocolate Tsang opens the door to her Hong Kong studio wearing one of her handmade cheongsam, the Chinese-style, form-hugging dress characterised by a high collar, short sleeves and side slits.

Lavishly illustrated fashion magazine articles, scholarly monographs and museum exhibitions have extensively documented the social history of the cheongsam. Most research has focused on the ...