[8] However, after decades of development, the design of cheongsam itself can be roughly categorized into the Beijing style, the Shanghai style, and the Hong Kong style
The fitted bodice and voluminous floor-length skirt create a universally flattering hourglass effect that works beautifully on pear-shaped and hourglass figures alike
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Kelly and Schwabe point out, in speaking of this gown, At first hanging loose behind, the sacque in the thirties merges into the robe la franaise, the gown with the misnamed Watteau pleats (which in their full developed form are never found in Watteaus pictures). The body of the gown is made at times to fit the figure quite close, with the two pleats hanging down the back, merging from below the waist into the fullness of the hooped skirt (Fig