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Una nuova tipologia di donna nasce in Cina durante gli anni ’20.

20s Fashion in China – La sfrenatezza della vita occidentale, legata al ritrovato benessere, invade l’Oriente e la sua moda che lentamente è sedotta dall’immagine à la Garçonne. Il pesante cerone, gli ombrellini di carta, i fascianti kimono in seta cedono il passo ad impalpabili abiti  in chiffon, a trucchi meno vistosi, ad acconciature “alla maschietta”.

Anna May Wang

Così si fa strada ad Hollywood la prima tra le attrici cinesi, Anna May Wong, destinata a divenire un’icona di stile per il mondo intero. Di seguito una selezione di immagini che testimoniano questa rivoluzione sociale e vestimentaria in Cina.

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A new kind of woman in fashion was born in China during the 20s.

The wildness of Western life, linked to the refounded welfare, invades the Orient and its fashion that was slowly seduced by the style “à la Garçonne”. The heavy make-up, the paper umbrellas, the kimono silk bindings give way to impalpable chiffon dresses, to less conspicuous make-up, to “boyish” hairstyles.

Anna May Wong

And the first of the Chinese actresses, Anna May Wong, was making her way to Hollywood, destined to become a 20s fashion icon from China to the whole world. Below for you a selection of images that testify to this social and clothing Chinese revolution.

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Illustrazione cinese anni ’20. Due ballerine indossano un abito tradizionale chiamato Cheongsam, rivisitato per un look occidentale tipico della “Flapper Girl”. I capelli sono corti e in stile Garçonne. Calzature T-Bar. 

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Chinese illustration from the 20s. Two female dancers wear a dress called Cheongsam, rivisited in Western look, typical of the Flapper Girls. The hair is short and in Garçonne style. T-Bar shoes
20s fashion in china
Ni Hongyan, Chinese film actress popular in the Chinese film industry in the late 1920s. Fashion Magazine and Amazing Belt (seems to be a modern Alaya!) for this beautiful girl in her swimsuit
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Silk Socks, Waves Hairstyle and Cigarette for a smoking flapper
20s fashion in china
Huang Huilan wife of the  Chinese diplomat Wellington Koo, popular in the western world as Madame Wellington Koo or Hui-lan Koo
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still Madame Wellington Koo
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Two asian ladies in 20s fashionable outfits
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March 25, 1928. Here is Anna May Wong visiting Chicago. Trousers, Mary Jane shoes and Cloche hat for the first Chinese American Hollywood movie star, as well as the first Chinese American actress to gain international recognition
Anna May Wong 20s fashion in china crossdressing
“The Dangerous” Anna May Wong
20s fashion in china Anna May Wong
Anna May Wong a glamorous Femme Fatale. 1928
Anna May Wong -1929 photo by Paul Tanqueray cloche fur
Anna May Wong in 20s
Anna May Wong 20s fashion 1929 photo by Paul Tanqueray
Anna May Wong -1929 photo by Paul Tanqueray

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