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The Qipao Tailor Who Dressed Michelle Yeoh
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 25 พ.ค. 2020
- You might recognize this dress from movies like “In the Mood for Love” and “The World of Suzie Wong.” The qipao, or cheongsam, has been called “China’s national attire,” but today, there are only a few tailors who make them by hand. Yan Ka-man is one of them.
He’s been making these iconic dresses by hand for more than 60 years and has dressed stars like Lily Ho, Angie Chiu, and Michelle Yeoh. What sets him apart from other tailors is his commitment to traditional techniques.
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Producer: Clarissa Wei
Videographer and Editor: Mario Chui
Fixer: Cardin Chan
Mastering: Victor Peña
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He made his wife qipao for their wedding 😩 How cool is that!
I know that was so romantic 🥰
It's the best wedding gift to his wife, yet his wife forgets!!!
@@s.l.3673 I think it's because he just made it once, and from then to now is like 3, 4 decades apart and he hasn't made her a second one, even though her shape and size has changed. If I were her, I would feel sad too, and I would probably question his love for me either.
Antarctic cool.
He must have poured a lot of love into that qipao when they got married
Love how these docs don't tell customers how to find these people. They may not have social media, but they def got a store front you could @
The last part with Mrs. Yan was really sweet.
I treasure my late mother’s qipaos. It’s impossible not to feel beautiful when wearing one. I hope more young people learn the craft from these masters while they can.
My daughter has my mom's. They won't fit me. So I need to make one for myself.
This reminds me of my late grandmother who was a seamstress, she never worked in a tailor shop due to family duties but took small jobs whenever she could, all the way until just before she passed away. The marking of patterns with chalk and string, the smooth but never hurried handling of fabrics, the application of homemade starchy glue, the constant reminiscing about vital skills being slowly lost in current generations, it was exactly what my grandma used to do whenever I visited, so thank you for bringing back some sweet memories for me :)
dude the end, my heart
That dress would be an excellent gift for any occasion because it's elegant, beautiful, special.
I love qipao. It's my dream to have a custom made one.
This westernized Manchu clothing.
This is westernized Manchu clothing forced on majority Han Chinese.
The 10-day Massacre in Yangzhou 揚州十日
More than 800,000 Han people were killed and around 2000 women raped in the “揚州十日” (the 10-day Massacre in Yangzhou), more than twice the number of people killed in the Nanjing massacre. Infants were also burned alive as recorded.
The three massacres of Jiading 嘉定三屠
Because the Han civilians of Jiading City refused to wear Manchu clothes and shave heads and comb pigtails like Manchu people, the Manchu army massacred the Han civilians and raped the women of Jiading. These three massacres totalled about 100,000 Han civilians. The 81-day massacre in Jiangyin 江陰八十一日
In 1645, the people of Jiangyin refused to wear Manchu clothing, and shave heads and comb pigtails like Manchu people. The Manchu government sent 240 thousand troops to massacre civilians. The army of the Manchu government massacred for 81 days, killing about 172,000 Han civilians in Jiangyin. It's just some of the more famous massacres. Elsewhere in China, many Han people were slaughtered by the army of the Manchu government because they refused to wear Manchu clothes, and shave heads and comb pigtails like Manchus. For example, Guangzhou civilians, who refused to wear Manchu clothes, were slaughtered by the army of the Manchu governments by about 700,000 people. Only one tenth of the Han civilians survived the Kunshan Massacre.
Please wear Hanfu, real traditional Chinese clothing, not Qipao (Cheongsam), or Tang suit (Magua). End Manchu culture used to represent China.
Retrieved from “Draft History of Qing” complied by Manchu nationalists.
Ju Yan 问题是满服后面的历史。
Ju Yan No one died when the Japanese and Koreans used Chinese clothing, but thousands died because of the Manchus.
Ju Yan “宁与友邦，不予家奴” Manchus considered Han Chinese like slaves, so why should we call their clothing our traditional clothing when we are free?
@@jasonhuang6078 Why not wear traditional clothing that is a combination of Han Chinese and Manchu fashion?
Wow, the wife was so beautiful and glamorous in her wedding picture. Really sweet couple.
im so happy i understood his canto, bruh he don't need to say nothing heartfelt.. that whole video was heartfelt ahhh he too precious, im canadian born chinese and theres not really any custom quipao places here, I plan to start learning how to make my own qui paos, hope I can go to hk soon to visit and get a qui pao taylor made
As someone who does some sewing, I wish I have some of his skills or at least, somewhere or someone I can learn these kills from. He is truly a master of his craft.
omg drop his contacts!! I'm sure there are people who are willing to get custom tailored qipao's from him!
omg, I love them! Him and his wife are so cute together. I still wear cheongsam and I've started collecting them. I have to order most of them from China and tailor them to fit my body. I have one that my grandmother made for me. My mother's mother lived in China for a few years when she was a girl, so she learned to make the frog knot closures by hand, too. But the silk was very expensive for that dress and she passed away, so I don't wear that one very often. I will never stop wearing cheongsam!
I love Qipao dresses, they are modest, beautiful, sophisticated but sexy and they have so many detailed prints, threadings etc
His wife looks so gorgeous in the qipao he made for her, his passion is amazing
I didn't know he was still around.
I have a dress I bought from him in the early '90's. But I don't think it will still fit....
Make yourself fit the dress, preserve it for prosperity or sell it.
Master Yan now is 82. He is healthy and still making cheongsam in his tiny workshop.
Then make a new one, to support his biz.... This time make the rarer styled outfit, like the jacket which used to be made for the rich ladies. Surely you'll look good in it! 🤩🤗
@@NM-ou9el i think you mean posterity which means for the future. Prosperity is wealth or good fortune.
Then pass it on
This was so extremely heartfelt and precious. Thank you. I have owned a dozen dresses once. Sigh. Then times got really rough and I had to sell and donate mine away. Sad. 💗
Do you still own any of those dresses?
Qipao is very elegant and gorgeous! It brings back traditional Chinese culture and its beauty.
Beautiful but somehow uncomfortable to move freely.
@@e.t.5256 Sometimes people gotta sacrifice for beauty and elegance..lol
Qipao is Jurchen/Manchu culture, not Han Chinese. Han Chinese clothes are Hanfu
BEAUTIFUL STORY. IT'S ASHAME THAT THERE ARE SO FEW THAT KNOW THIS GREAT CRAFT OF SEWING & CREATING THE LOOK OF OLD
I loved the picture origin was revealed at the end. Great editing.
What a master! He works so hard. I love cheongsam. It does make one look elegant
I want to go to Hong Kong to meet this man and also get a qipao custom made by him. Hope this art never dies!
Ahhh what a wonderful informative video of The history of Iconic Quipao, dress. Also the loving hands of the Tailor, who makes them bless him and his wife❤️💞💋🙏🇬🇧
This is a delightful video. I love his casualness about his expertise and how he is teaching others thus preserving the craft.
Mad respect for this artisan
You can tell narrator is mandarin and not Cantonese she pronounces cheung sam different each time she says it and is off.
You can tell that she's Southern Chinese, too, since Northern Chinese pronounce don't pronounce it "su-dzou".
I knew something was off when she said 長衫 weirdly at the start of the video 😂😂
Im curious what her native Chinese dialect is because she doesn't pronounce either Cantonese or Mandarin correctly. It's really distracting when she was saying Chongqing in the other video as "cong ceen"
@@looppp maybe shes an ABC and isn’t fluent in mandarin
I still have my wedding cheongsam custom handmade in 1988 ! My mother had a matching one , same fabric pattern but different colour .
You know you've been living in the age of the pandemic for too long when you see him blow at the cloth and think 'omggg the germs'
I thought he was like blowing hair off the table but he was legit going "pwoo pwoo" LOL.
Well he's not yet have a covid so I guess it's fine lol...
though the buyers can just spray some anti bacteria either way lol
so lovely to see classy dress styles. Very classic and elegant.
Chang shan was the name of men's ware at that time. It looks like Qipao(a reason why qipao was controversial in the beginning). So it adapted to Cantonese in that name. If you ask a mandarin speaker what chang shan is, they will describe that men's ware.
* menswear*
My mother looked the best in qipoa! They preserve the memories of my late mother!! He is a master qipoa maker!
"Heartfelt? I don't have any heartfelt to say. I just work"
I guess that's a way to say "I have the presentation more than words"
These garments are so aesthetically pleasing that they have been culturally appropriated in the 90s to Europe & North America. Personally, they look hot on many women, not a surprise there.
He's a gifted and dedicated professional. Congratulations
Wow. Using chalk and strings! Nice creations there are
He is so cute 🥰 God bless his heart
He looks so proud of his work. Good on him.
Michelle Yeoh Is So Beautiful And Talented
In the mood for love is my favorite movie
Qi pao with pearl necklace is the best combination. I know that Myanmar Andaman Pearl have that type of pearl necklace that Michelle Chong wore.
Where does the old master working? Any idea of the name of his shop?
32-38 Bowring St, Yau Ma Tei. His business is called 上海宝星时装旗袍.
My sister had a cheongsam made for her wedding in 2000; it was a beautiful ivory embroidered silk cheongsam :)
Drawing with string seems to make sense if you think about it. You can make curves and adjust them easily.
Another great video and an interesting subject. I pray for all Hong Kong people - and thank you once again for sharing!
Let's get him some new glass for his picture frame.
Wonderful craft. Beautiful fabric! Tight! 🤯🤯😍
I love the red dress, so gorgeous!!!!
How lovely!! This particular style of dress is exquisite I would love to have him make me a qipao!! I would certainly Rock with a Fabulous Pair Of Pump Heels 👠 or a Platform or Sling Back Sandal 👡!! Either way with this guy technique who could possibly Go Wrong!! Phenomenal 🔥Video and Thanks for Sharing!!💯🔥💯
First time on this channel, love it so far. 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
Love the narrator's voice!
I used to wear as costumes when performed Chinese folk dance as a teenager.
Okay Clarissa, it’s time for you to treat yourself; you’ve worked hard and earned your cheongsam. Grace us by lending this exquisite art your charm and modeling your very own masterpiece. Please?!
哇！师傅最后一句，劲浪漫lo!
Great video as always! What's the name /address of his studio?
in Indonesia, some designers bought back cheongsam to batik
Fun fact: this so-called "traditional" Chinese address only exists in China since 1920s. It only has 100 years history.
0:58 You can still feel his thrill 😘😘😘😘😘
Love this!
That picture frame at the end,.....that's the same kind of picture frame my grandma and grandpa used for their couples pic. One side he was standing next to a car, the other, a couple's pic. It still stands on the shelf that's right under the ancestry tablet that has the incense pot and the orange and my paternal grandma's 90 year old pic.
I buy clothes from a Chinese brand called La Palais Vintage. It is one of the few off the rack brands that has the kind of clothing design that implements different cuts to show off curves in the kind of manner that this man does. If China wasn’t taking over HK and enforcing certain laws and this virus was not running rampant, I would happily go to this mans shop to support him too. His wife and him are so cute. I bet he didn’t make her any more cheongsam because he thought she may be taken away by another man from how beautiful she looked lol
ありがとうございます！
the last part so sweet ^^
嘩，師太真美!
Hi I was wondering do he have any online classes to how to make qipao? I would love to get more information.
PLEASE add in the contact or address details of the people you portray in your wonderful videos.
There are so many people who would pike to support them/their businesses.
Thank you.
It is so incredibly sad to see crafts like this dying out
cookbook800 that is because the Qipao is Manchu. The Manchus were a minority that forced their culture on the majority Han Chinese. As we Han Chinese have the resources to rediscover our roots, we are able to wear our own traditional clothing, the Hanfu.
Ju Yan 我毕业于武汉大学东亚历史研究。
Ju Yan 汉服只是道士所穿的？满清入关前，我们汉人所穿的衣冠是汉服。
Don’t listen to JuYan.
“the 10-day Massacre in Yangzhou 揚州十日
More than 800,000 Han people were killed in the “揚州十日” (the 10-day Massacre in Yangzhou), more than twice the number of people killed in the Nanjing massacre.
the three massacres of Jiading 嘉定三屠
Because the Han civilians of Jiading City refused to wear Manchu clothes and shave heads and comb pigtails like Manchu people, the Manchu army massacred the Han civilians of Jiading. These three massacres totalled about 100,000 Han civilians.
the 81-day massacre in Jiangyin 江陰八十一日
In 1645, the people of Jiangyin refused to wear Manchu clothing, and shave heads and comb pigtails like Manchu people. The Manchu government sent 240 thousand troops to massacre civilians. The army of the Manchu government massacred for 81 days, killing about 172,000 Han civilians in Jiangyin.”
-Veritable Records of Qing.
@@Insularish what???? Hanfu is cosplay??? Lol. It’s the traditional clothing wore by people of Han. Which is the majority of people in China. Now people are slowly picking this tradition back up.
Go back to that first scene again please. 😎
I would pay big money for any of his Qipaos
i would prefer traditional clothing maker. look at it, its beautiful, neat, smooth and clean cut.
Interesting!
I do have to say though, although the qipao is definitely a pretty popular national dress and is worn by ladies to evening events, formal events, and etc, the actual de facto national traditional dress that most Chinese will think of automatically if you ask them is actually the hanfu.
Qipao were more Republic era and Qing+foreign influenced, while the hanfu is the true traditional national dress.
Often times, some overseas Chinese who are less connected to their roots will wear qipao as the supposed traditional dress, but any real Chinese will usually wear hanfu (or maybe minority dress if they are minority).
As I said before, nowadays qipao is mainly worn by women during various formal events, though to my knowledge, most wear western wear nowadays.
Nope. 'Hanfu' is a recently made up outfits. Qipao is manchu plus ming dynasty mandarine collar. Really tired of all these people trying to erase real Chinese history.
@@JC-vr9zx You’re joking right...
Hanfu is just a broad descriptor word for different clothing from different dynasties that are all native to China. It’s more historically Chinese than there qipao, which is a mix of Manchu and western style. Did you misunderstand the meaning of hanfu. It literally means “Han clothing”.
If anything, you’re the one who’s confused.
Are you even Chinese?
@@angeliquewu8318 Then why do you differentiate qipao from Hanfu? Historically it is a mix of Ming dynasty collar with Manchu(the last Qing Dynasty) dress? Following your logic, qipao is Hanfu. If you differentiate it, that's when I think of made up 'hanfus' I've been seeing recently online.
@@JC-vr9zx Hanfu refers to specific cross collared ones or high waist dresses from native dynasties. Manchu Qing was Chinese, but they are a separate minority with their own distinct style and fashion.
As for the so called “made up hanfu” you’ve been seeing around online, those are probably just modernized hanfu that were modernized so that people today could wear it.
Although some are probably made up, that doesn’t mean that the hanfu is not a real thing as a whole. There are many historical references and pictures to back up the existences of various types of hanfu.
Idk what made up hanfu you’ve been seeing, but you are probably misguided.
@@angeliquewu8318 I am not talking about historically correct Song Dynasty clothes which I agree is part of Chinese historical clothing. I would be happy to see people wearing them.
But I am seeing people wearing exaggerated 'fairy hanfu' and claiming it's historical and repudiating qipao which has a long history in China whether people like it or not. Qipao came from the Ming and Qing Dynasties. It absolutely took some Western influence later in history. But that doesn't make it any less Chinese.
Most cultures give and take influences from other people. Chinese culture influenced and also received influences from other cultures.
I’m not Asian, would wearing a qipao be cultural appropriation? It’s just that I love them so much.
Well, Asians in Asia will probably not care, and probably will compliment you on how good you look in it. In the West though, you might get scolded for "cultural appropriation". But if you're wearing qipao simply because you like them, I say go for it! I think this dude puts it quite well: th-cam.com/video/vc7V1wqF5n0/w-d-xo.html
@@catsidhe181 thank you so much!
As long as you don’t wear Qi Pao and then pretentious that you’re a Chinese I think it’s completely fineee! Don’t let cultural appropriation hinder you from wearing QiPao!
@@alegramaza4384 no probs~
to white people, yeah
I still have the body shape to wear QiPao. Thank my parents
What a great channel
:)))))
She forgot he made the beautiful qipao for her wedding, she looked so lovely 6:43 . He struggled, apprenticed no pay, this is the Chinese way, marriage is forever. China needs to preserve these skillsets, machines have no hearts/souls.
wow what a lovely man
It would definitely be useful to have a business name or address of where to find these great masters in their craft... Also the translation is hard to read when the background in white as well... can you but a dark transparent behind the words? Thanks! Also great contents...
save Chinese culture! qipao and hanfu both look nice!
How are these laundered? I inherited a silk top made this way which I am afraid to wear because I don’t know if dry cleaners in No. America would know how to press it. Anyone know?
i always saw these dresses on love nikki
Michelle Yeoh is a Malaysian As We are all Malaysian
Qipao are really beautiful. It gained popularity during the 1920-1930s republican period of China. I'm glad to see a modern resurgence today. The original ones have really long sleeve but in the 1920-30s they shorten the sleeves for more sexy. The word qipao is Mandarin while cheongsam is Cantonese but either words used it's talking about the same thing.
Maybe I should try spitting on my fabric and tye magic will work 😂
2:49 my question, how to write a 10, when the zero is absent. Or there is a zero in the Suzhou number?
or maybe you just dont need the number 10, so thats the reason why theres no 10, ofc Im only guessing
You can find answer on Baidu: 苏州码子，也叫草码，花码、番仔码、商码。是中国早期民间的“商业数字”，常用于当铺、药房。它脱胎於中国文化历史上的算筹，也是唯一还在被使用的算筹系统，产生于中国的苏州。在港澳地区的街市、旧式茶餐厅及中药房偶尔仍然可见。
Please read how to write 10, 20, 30, 40, and "40.22 yuan", etc. at
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suzhou_numerals .
If you can read Chinese, please also read
zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%8B%8F%E5%B7%9E%E7%A0%81%E5%AD%90 .
(Please note how 22, 123 and 21 are written.)
I love the sick beats while taking about Chinese ladies attire
Wish I could find out what glue he uses on the fabric! The silk is so slippery to work with.
Tweedy Birdy it’s simply cooked rice, when I was a child my grandma made glue with rice for my school homework
It was simply fine rice flour mixed with water in a little pan, then stir it while you cook it on the fire until it became thickened and "transparant" 🤗 Et, voile! A portion of edible glue is ready to be use to sticking some piece of paper or some piece of satin silk.
Additional info 🤓 Look at Liziqi at TH-cam 👉 Title : "A multi layer shoes for my grandma, in memory of good old days". There you'll find her made some glue out of rice flour and water.
I wish this will be useful for you 🙏🤓
"colourful banners of the Manchu people" - It's a little more than that...
Very much, the Qipao is a misnomer that was created during the Republic Era, because Han women usually wore two pieces but banner woman which consist of Manchu, Han, Mongol women wore one piece robes, which some say is the origin of the name Qipao, while most others just call it long gown (长衫）
It also means long clothes in a casual sense not just dress
I have one of these beautiful dresses and I'm too fat to wear it now so I just leave it on my dress form for a decoration...
It’s a dream of mine to own a dress made from such craftsmanship, but I feel that I will be stepping into some sort of cultural appropriation because I’m not Chinese.
Chinese-Canadian here. IMO you're not appropriating our culture if you purchase a qipao/cheongsam. It's a fashion garment, popularized in the past 100 years (so you don't even have to worry about history, religious context, etc). I think it's super flattering that you'd want to try one on, and you'd be helping to support artisans/tailors that still produce these garments, and extend the longevity of this craft. Go for it.
only fanatics people thinks it is cultural appropriation ! Go for it . You are just wearnig it , you are not insulting everybody.
Hi! 🤗🥰🤗 John ling!
you can still buy cheong sam, but factory made cheong sam arent form fitting like tailor made, so it doesnt look that good... tailor in general is pretty much a dying craft.
good point of cheong sam is it highlight the curve of the female form, so woman with the proper build will look exceptionally beautiful after wearing it...
silly question. If to the ears it sounds "chipao" why does romanization of those chinese pictograms use a q? Wouldn't it be better to go with at least an x?
chinese has their own english romanization for words called pinyin, and its used to learn how to pronounce words with the 4 different tones. Most of it is the same as how we pronounce it in english but there are variances, Q makes the ‘ch’ sound and X makes a sharp ‘sh’ sound, like xie xie (thankyou)
@@akina24 Thank you for replying. Tones is the reason I can't learn chinese...tone deaf :)
I love qipao too! I have tried to google his name to find a contact for his business. I can’t find. Can someone please help?
殷家萬師傅。
Hanfu
I have one but it don’t fit no more
...And the Manchus borrowed this gestalt of fabric and style from the Mongol-Uriankhai.
No pattern?!?, he has my highly respected.
😍 😍 😍 😍 😍 Meletop sesangat
Qipao is westernized Manchu clothing, Han Chinese clothing is Hanfu.
Manchu clothes did adopt mandarin collar, but it is still Manchurian clothes. Hanfu adopted Xianbei round collar, but Yuanlingpao is still Hanfu.
Tjin Matthew Qipao has more western characteristics than Chinese.
Tjin Matthew Hanfu is traditional clothes of Han Chinese, original Chinese before the fake multi-ethnic “zhonghua minzu” was invented.
Tjin Matthew You are judging things with modern values and standards, this is called presentism, which is exactly what you shouldn’t do with history.
Tjin Matthew 与占城国王书：“曩者我中国为胡人窃据百年，遂使夷狄布满四方，废我中国之彝伦。朕是以起兵讨之，垂二十年，芟夷既平。”
与爪哇国王书：“中国正统，胡人窃据百有余年，纲常既隳，冠履倒置，朕是以起兵讨之，垂二十年，海内悉定，朕奉天命，已主中国，恐遐迩未闻，故专使报王知之。”
与日本国王书：“上帝好生恶不仁者，向者我中国自赵宋失驭，北夷入而据之，播胡俗以腥膻，中土华风不竞，凡百有心，孰不兴愤。自辛卯以来，中原扰扰，彼倭来寇山东，不过乘胡元之衰耳。朕本中国之旧家，耻前王之辱，兴师振旅，扫荡胡番，宵衣旰食垂二十年，自去岁以来，殄绝北夷。”
We should respect our ancestors system, not foreign Manchu’s “zhonghua minzu”.
He look like Yoda of the Qipao community
qipao is manchurian mixed han
@テケテケ 神经
@テケテケ 你有病
@テケテケ 满族人现在也是中国人
@@hagongda123 qipao suck