![The cheongsam is a body-hugging one-piece Chinese dress for women. It is known in Mandarin Chinese as the qípáo (旗袍; Wade-Giles ch'i-p'ao, and is also known in English as a mandarin gown. The cheongsam is a body-hugging one-piece Chinese dress for women. It is known in Mandarin Chinese as the qípáo (旗袍; Wade-Giles ch'i-p'ao, and is also known in English as a mandarin gown.](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2B02AER/the-cheongsam-is-a-body-hugging-one-piece-chinese-dress-for-women-it-is-known-in-mandarin-chinese-as-the-qpo-wade-giles-chi-pao-and-is-also-known-in-english-as-a-mandarin-gown-the-stylish-and-often-tight-fitting-cheongsam-or-qipao-chipao-that-is-most-often-associated-with-today-was-created-in-the-1920s-in-shanghai-and-was-made-fashionable-by-socialites-and-upperclass-women-2B02AER.jpg)
The cheongsam is a body-hugging one-piece Chinese dress for women. It is known in Mandarin Chinese as the qípáo (旗袍; Wade-Giles ch'i-p'ao, and is also known in English as a mandarin gown.
![The Evergreen Classic: Transformation of the Qipao @ HK Museum of History review | Through The Looking Glass The Evergreen Classic: Transformation of the Qipao @ HK Museum of History review | Through The Looking Glass](https://rachttlg.files.wordpress.com/2010/09/qipao-30s-girls.jpg)
The Evergreen Classic: Transformation of the Qipao @ HK Museum of History review | Through The Looking Glass
![Image of CHINA. - A Chinese Woman Wearing A Qipao (cheongsam) In 1930s Shanghai. Full Credit: Pictures From History / Granger, NYC -- All Rights Reserved. From Granger - Historical Picture Archive Image of CHINA. - A Chinese Woman Wearing A Qipao (cheongsam) In 1930s Shanghai. Full Credit: Pictures From History / Granger, NYC -- All Rights Reserved. From Granger - Historical Picture Archive](https://www.granger.com/wmpix/woh/mis/0612308-CHINA-A-Chinese-woman-wearing-a-qipao-cheongsam-in-1930s-Shanghai-Full-credit-Pictures-from-History--Granger-NYC----All-rights-reserved.jpg)
Image of CHINA. - A Chinese Woman Wearing A Qipao (cheongsam) In 1930s Shanghai. Full Credit: Pictures From History / Granger, NYC -- All Rights Reserved. From Granger - Historical Picture Archive
![China in Pictures on Twitter: "Six Chinese beauties in the 1930s, with various Cheongsam, also known as the Qipao, a type of body-hugging dress of Manchu origin, and modernized by Chinese socialites China in Pictures on Twitter: "Six Chinese beauties in the 1930s, with various Cheongsam, also known as the Qipao, a type of body-hugging dress of Manchu origin, and modernized by Chinese socialites](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FbYTtplVsAAB0PS.jpg)