{"id":96906,"date":"2026-11-01T12:36:00","date_gmt":"2026-11-01T04:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=96906"},"modified":"2026-11-01T12:36:00","modified_gmt":"2026-11-01T04:36:00","slug":"more-freedom-chinese-cheongsams-get-reinvented-by-hong-kong-fashion-designer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=96906","title":{"rendered":"\u2018More freedom\u2019: Chinese cheongsams get reinvented by Hong Kong fashion designer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.i-scmp.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/1280x720\/public\/d8\/images\/canvas\/2026\/10\/30\/36e6b049-9453-4334-a5b7-47b2089f085e_7957b250.jpg?itok=Wzz0cWYa&amp;v=1793337633\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">For her Bamboo collection released in February 2026, Hong Kong fashion designer Leah Shiu dived into the symbolism of Chinese knots such as <em data-qa=\"ContentSchemaRender-defaultRenderMapFunctions-Component\" class=\"css-1mniedq ex3nmsa15\">pankou<\/em>, or frog knots.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">\u201cThere are, like, 100 different kinds of knots, and each has its own significance,\u201d says the 28-year-old. \u201cI try and make sure that my customers understand the meaning of a Chinese knot \u2013 the fact that it\u2019s like an infinity sign and represents longevity.<\/p>\n<div datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1xdhyk6 ec74h0k0\">\u201cI want to educate the consumer on Chinese aesthetics, philosophies and techniques, rather than just selling it like how you would find it in [fashion retailer] Zara <span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\">with no meaning<\/span>.\u201d<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<center><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/lifestyle\/fashion-beauty\/article\/3372656\/more-freedom-chinese-cheongsams-get-reinvented-hong-kong-fashion-designer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><br \/>\n<center\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For her Bamboo collection released in February 2026, Hong Kong fashion designer Leah Shiu dived into the symbolism of Chinese knots such as pankou, or&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":96907,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[32324,107,3928,354,9316,3569,5231,14480],"class_list":["post-96906","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bored-interesting","tag-cheongsams","tag-chinese","tag-designer","tag-fashion","tag-freedom","tag-hong","tag-kong","tag-reinvented","wpcat-33-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96906","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=96906"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96906\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/96907"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=96906"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=96906"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=96906"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}