Cheongsam Slit
How High Is High?
rpHE SUZIE WONG cheongsam has 量 come to Singapore and with it a raising of eyebrows. Some ― mostly men, are fascinated; others, mostly women ,are not amused.
The cheongsam is that slinky garment with a high formal collar and provocative slits in the sides of the skirt which most of the Chinese girls of Singapore wear so well.
The earthquakes which shake the fashion worlds of Paris, London and New York twice each year generally leave the women in cheongsams cool and unmoved. Apparently the wearers ―and their admirers―are convinced that perfection has been attained and any change in style could be only for the worse.
Then came Suzie Wong, that fetching, fictional young lady of Hong Kong, whose weakness was men and whose attraction was the startingly high slits
in the sides of her cheongsams.
The result: Slits are to be higher this year.
Because of their simplicity, a Chinese girl can array herself anew for as little as 15 Malay dollars, about $5. If she is skilful with the needle she can make one for less.
The slit, which is the centre of the trouble at the moment varies in height. A rather conservative or demure young lady visiting town might have it rising little above the knee. From then on, it seems to be a matter of taste, generally halting about half way up the thigh.
But just as at night Western necklines tend to plunge, so Singapore slits tend to rise.
It appears that, under the influence of Suzie Wong, the slit now may rise roughly two-thirds of the way up the thigh.
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