Citizen Quotes Living Page #18

As one Chinese saying goes,' cheongsam is practical enough for the kitchen but presentable for the living room,' the reason it's been able to last for a century is because cheongsam is really beautiful on its wearer.

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It's different from ethnic costumes like the kimono and hanbok, as cheongsam has a highly flexible design, elements like dress length, different materials and different levels of complexity make dresses suitable for a variety of occasions.

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We prefer to call it cheongsam -- not qipao, cheongsam means long robe in Cantonese and actually only became a common woman's wear after the May Fourth Movement( 1919), or the New Culture Movement.

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The beauty of a cheongsam is not in the fabric -- fabrics can be purchased, but not the skills.

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– Joana Fung

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In the'60s, every woman wore a cheongsam.

I started out in this business just hoping to make a living, but then I grew to learn the beauty of cheongsam, it's different from ethnic costumes like the kimono and hanbok, as cheongsam has a highly flexible design.

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All brides will still don one at their weddings, if Tony Leung look at Miss Hong Kong beauty pageant, a section featuring candidates in cheongsam has been a must.

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Classes teaching how to make cheongsam are offered in Hong Kong.

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If Tony Leung look at Miss Hong Kong beauty pageant, a section featuring candidates in cheongsam has been a must.

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Cheongsam means long robe in Cantonese and actually only became a common woman's wear after the May Fourth Movement( 1919), or the New Culture Movement, women started wearing men's long robes as a feminist statement and trend during that anti-Qing era.

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The Supreme Court says that when two people fall in love and want to get married, they should be able to marry, whether they are a man and a woman, two men, or two women, the Supreme Court wants us to understand that love between two men or two women is just the same as love between a man and a woman, and that in the United States of America, as an adult, you can marry the person you love.

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– Nanette Gartrell

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This is one of the first times when a brand that's so female identified is now eagerly embraced and worn by men, sneaker culture is suggesting a huge shift in constructions of masculinity ... They allow men to participate in fashion in a way that does not at all call into question their masculinity, so men are able to partake in the luxury associations that are made between shoes and fashion.

Kanye West was an active participant in the creation of this collection at Louis Vuitton, he represents a new image of male success that involves access to these luxury brands. But it's not simply being a consumer, it's being a creator.

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He wasn't Michael Jordan by any stretch of the imagination, but what he gave to the brand was an authenticity, it was a means of endorsing the athletic potential and athletic promise of the shoe.

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When the first sneakers debuted [in the 1800's], they were themselves luxury items, we're kind of coming full circle in a weird way.

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Their participation in the sneaker game was very prescient. They were getting in there much earlier than any of the other brands we see doing it now.

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I think of it as a transformer shoe: it's a business brogue in the midst of being transformed into a sneaker, it just speaks to what is a very transformative moment in men's fashion.

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They go on to disseminate this urban style to a much wider audience, and the Superstar becomes this extremely graphic, very visual signifier of urban fashion.

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He becomes an icon of individuality, of bucking the trend, and the shoes that he wears suddenly become something that every guy wants to have.

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