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REFLECTING SOCIAL CHANGE: WOMEN’S CLOTHING IN POSTWAR TAIWAN – TAASA Review September 2022

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This article was originally found in the September 2022 edition of TAASA Review (Volume 31, Issue 3, Page 20).

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Shih Ying Lin B ecause of its complex history and rapidly changing social, political and economic contexts, Taiwan is a good subject for demonstrating how the evolution of women’s fashions mirrors changes in society (Lin 2013: 1-3).

This article traces the evolution of women’s fashions in postwar era Taiwan. Chiang Soong Mei-ling visiting military dependents on Kinmen Island, 29 July 1950.

Photo: Taiwan Cultural Memory Bank The item of women’s clothing that best represents the social structure of Taiwan in the early postwar period was the qipao (cheongsam)...