Summer Fashion in Old Shanghai

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The summer in Shanghai more than half a century ago turned out to be so strikingly similar to all that we are fascinated with today. You may take the delicate and flamboyant big-flower transparent cheongsam and the black hollow-out flower cheongsam as the new model of some famous brands from the Europe this summer. However, be it the bellyband, hollow-out flower leather shoes, ice cream or summer-night parties and other metropolitan fashion and amusement we are proud of, they all have had been prevailing like a remote dream in old Shanghai.

Romantic Shanghai, Romantic Summer

Strapless Bra and Bellyband

Strapless Bra and Bellyband

The traditional underwear for women in China was bellyband and undergarment covering the chest and abdomen.
Translucent Cheongsam

Translucent Cheongsam

The concept of "line of physical beauty" was first introduced into Shanghai in the 1920s and the cheongsam thus became increasingly close-fitting.
Hollow-out Leather Shoes

Hollow-out Leather Shoes

At that time, the best-known center of shoe shops was located in the "Small Garden".
Twinset Swimsuit

Twinset Swimsuit

We all remember that Kathryn, the heroine in the Hollywood blockbuster Bathing Beauty still wears the square-cut swimsuit.
Cold Drink

Cold Drink

In 1897, Zheng Guanghe opened up his own Aquarius Corporation, where the earliest soda was produced for the first time in China.
Party in the Open Air

Party in the Open Air

In the summer evening, ordinary people would naturally go to the lane and sit in the bamboo chairs chatting with others about their daily life with fans in their hands.