MOCA TALKS with Heather Guo: Cheongsam as Modern Icon

Presented during New York Fashion Week, the Museum of Chinese in America (MOCA) invites you to an evening exploring the cheongsam, also known as the qipao, as a powerful symbol of modernity, femininity, and cultural exchange. Fashion curator and designer Heather Guo will trace how this iconic garment evolved during a period of profound social, political, and aesthetic transformation, as Chinese women navigated new ideas of identity, cosmopolitanism, and self expression at home and abroad.