Fashioning Chinese Women: Empire to Modernity<\/em> traces a century of transformation through more than 70 exquisite ensembles from Shanghai, Hong Kong and America,\u201d the event\u2019s description reads. \u201cIt charts the evolution of Chinese women\u2019s dress, from loose-fitting embroidered robes of the late Qing Dynasty to the sleek silhouettes of 1930s qipao and the globally iconic cheongsam of the 1960s. Vibrant colors, sumptuous silks and intricate trims showcase the meticulous craftsmanship that is the hallmark of these garments.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\tThe description continues, \u201cDisplayed on mannequins customized by fashion designer Jason Wu, the works in the exhibition present a seldom-seen story of how Chinese and Chinese American women expressed identity, navigated change and shaped their lives through dress.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\tThe opening night event will aim to bring together prominent Asian creatives and emerging voices across several industries including fashion, entertainment and culture. It aims to showcase LACMA\u2019s and Timid\u2019s shared commitment to \u201camplifying Asian narratives and fostering cross-generational cultural dialogue,\u201d according to a release.<\/p>\n
\n\tFashioning Chinese Women: Empire to Modernity runs June 14 through Oct. 12 at LACMA.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Los Angeles County Museum of Art is set to host an event celebrating the opening of its new Chinese fashion-centric exhibit. The L.A. institution has joined forces with Timid Magazine, which focuses on Asian talent across entertainment and culture, for a celebration of its latest exhibit, Fashioning Chinese Women: Empire to Modernity, at the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5450,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[155,3728,3264,513,247,4883,1234,4884],"class_list":["post-5449","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fashion","tag-celebration","tag-chinese","tag-exhibit","tag-fashion","tag-host","tag-lacma","tag-magazine","tag-timid"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tmbglobal.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5449","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tmbglobal.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tmbglobal.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tmbglobal.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tmbglobal.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5449"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tmbglobal.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5449\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5451,"href":"https:\/\/tmbglobal.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5449\/revisions\/5451"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tmbglobal.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5450"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tmbglobal.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5449"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tmbglobal.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5449"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tmbglobal.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5449"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}