1950s Shanghai Fashion: Making New Clothes from Old

By Tina Kanagaratnam | August 2nd, 2023 | 1950s Shanghai, Shanghai fashion | 0 Comment

In 1957, Shanghai fashion was all about recycling: turning old clothes into new. That year, the Shanghai Clothing Company published a pattern book, “Making New Clothes From Old”, with patterns to turn your bourgeois changshan (men's gown) into something more proletarian. Inside, there are patterns to turn an ...