Showing little resemblance to the cheongsams of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), today's dresses reveal not only the distinctive elegance and tenderness of Chinese women, but also their graceful posture.

The dress has had many iterations over the centuries, and heavily influenced the world’s perception of Asian women. Keystone//Getty Images In the 1920s, as women broke free from Confucian social ...

one woman wrote on Twitter. “As Chinese, we are very proud and delighted to share our cultural fashions with anyone around the world. I love how you wear the dress with confidence! You rock!” ...

Since then, Chinese customers, the majority of who are women in their 20s, have been visiting a school uniform store in Bangkok almost every day to buy uniforms to dress up in for photos ...

"I am a Chinese woman. I support you." tweeted @msyinseattle. "You rocked that dress!!" @StephanieChan, who said she has Chinese heritage, told Daum, "As Chinese, we are very proud and delighted ...

The Vietnamese dress is similar to a cheongsam ... found inspiration in her grandmother's wardrobe. "Asian women of the past used to wear [samfus] a lot, but it's not so well-known," Chua told ...

In a gallery talk on Feb. 8 with OMCA Senior Curator Carin Adams, Wong said the 10 traditional dresses (called qipao or ...