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As of 13 November 2016, The Dressmaker has grossed over US$24.11 million (AUS$32.14 million), [3] [15] [103] [104] against a budget of US$11.9 million (AUS$17 million). [ 2 ] The film opened at the number 1 position at Australian box office and earned US$697,791.12 (AUS $976,000) on its first day.
The term cheongsam is a romanization of Cantonese word chèuhngsāam ( 長衫; 'long shirt/dress'), which comes from the Shanghainese term zansae. In Cantonese and Shanghainese, the term is used to describe a Chinese dress popularized in Shanghai. However, in Mandarin Chinese and other varieties of Chinese, chángshān ( 長衫) refers to an ...
The most formal dress civilians can wear is the xuanduan (sometimes called yuanduan 元端), [7] [8] which consists of a black or dark blue top garment that runs to the knees with long sleeve (often with white piping), a bottom red chang, a red bixi (which can have a motif and/or be edged in black), an optional white belt with two white ...
Paofu ( Chinese: 袍服; pinyin: páofú; lit. 'robe'), also known as pao ( Chinese: 袍; pinyin: páo; lit. 'robe') [1] [2] : 90 for short, is a form of a long, one-piece robe in Hanfu, which is characterized by the natural integration of the upper and lower part of the robe which is cut from a single fabric. [3] The term is often used to ...
A frog (simplified Chinese: 盘扣; traditional Chinese: 盤扣; pinyin: pánkòu, also called huaniu (Chinese: 花纽; pinyin: Huāniǔ; lit. 'flower buttons') or panhuaniu (Chinese: 盘花纽) in China, or frog knots, frogs, [1] [2] Chinese frog closures and decorative toggles in English [3] [4] [5]) is a type of ornamental braiding closure made out of cord, consisting of a button ...
Chinese tunic suit is a four-pocket garment with a stand-up lapel and a pocket flap designed on the basis of widely absorbing European and American costumes and synthesizing the characteristics of Japanese student clothes and Chinese clothes. in April 1929, the Chinese tunic suit was announced as the legal uniform by order of the Nationalist ...
Poblanas (women of Puebla), in a 19th-century vignette.To the left appears a chinaco [].. China poblana (lit.Chinese woman from Puebla) is considered the traditional style of dress of women in Mexico, although in reality it only belonged to some urban zones in the middle and southeast of the country, before its disappearance in the second half of the 19th century.
Guo Pei ( Chinese: 郭培; pinyin: Guō Péi, Mandarin pronunciation: [ku̯ó pʰěɪ̯], born 1967) is a Chinese fashion designer. She is best known for designing dresses for Chinese celebrities, and in America for Rihanna 's trailing yellow gown at the 2015 Met Gala. Guo is the first born-and-raised Asian designer to be invited to become a ...