Qipao

thumb|200px|Golf and qipao: two young women with the mode in China of the Thirties - publicity of cake of soap thumb|200px|Original and imperial form: [[Cixi]] in qipao and waistcoat The qipao (旗袍) is a female Vêtement Chinese of origin Manchu, modernized and put at the mode with Shanghai at the beginning of the XXe century under the name of changshan (長衫) that it kept in the south of China (Cantonese: cheongsam).

Origin

The term qiren (旗人), people of the Banner S , designated during the Dynastie Qing the Manchus. The qipao, of IQ and CAM , dress long and loose, exclusively indicated the costume carried at the origin by the Manchu women, of rigor at the court. In its original form it was about a clothing not revealing anything body forms, being appropriate for all the silhouettes and all the ages. It is in Shanghai at the beginning of the XXe century that it took its new form close to the body. Combining easily with the coats, Jacket S and Pullover S of Western cut, it was in 1912 at the beginning of the republic the symbol of Chinese modern.

Form

It is about a dress of only one part with a collar divided ( Mao collar ) which went down at the origin to the ankles. Thereafter, the models of city shortened until below the calf. Starting from the end of the XXe century appeared in the collections of Prêt-à-porter for the young people of the models stopping above the knee. The handles, long at the beginning, very quickly were the subject of various variations: short, absent, balloon, etc the collar, on the other hand, did not change. The most current models offer a broad slit to the level of the thighs, which allows a greater freedom of movement, in-outside sound favors esthetic. The dress is closed in top on the front, using Chinese buttons , and in general nowadays by a Zipper on the side.

Symbol of capitalism, the qipao was prohibited in China under Mao Zedong, where the blue ones of work and the fleece-lined jackets of the country and hard classes were the behavior of rigor. With Taiwan and HongKong, it had become until its recent return in the international collections the prerogative of the women of a certain age or special occasionss. The material of choice for a qipao is the Soie, that of Suzhou being most famous.

The qipao was popularized in the imaginary Westerner especially by the cinema shanghaien, where appeared of the actresses in vogues avoided of this clothing emphasizing the female curves. More recently, the film In the Mood for Love gave this clothing to the mode to Occident.

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