Success of the movie could have been in part, to the design of Nancy Kwan's on-screen cheongsam with the side split to reveal the curve of the female thigh, coupled with the wearing of high heel shoes to elongate the legs and give a sleek look.
The cheongsam dresses worn by the young ladies in the movie go up to the neck and cover the chest and in that regard the dresses are decent because no cleavage shows. But the long side split which I assume is designed to make it easier to walk and sit down, is also a tease.
This whole image of young and pretty nubile woman "Suzie Wong" was something different in 1960 when the movie came out; a new sexy look that had not been seen in the West before (it was a change from the European leggy blonde look).
Yes, thanks IDJ, this photo is the perfect example of how the whole image of a figure-hugging cheongsam with a long side split for the tease factor, worn by a pretty lady with high heel shoes on, has, if you will, sex appeal.
I assume the dancer in the photo wore a cheongsam designed with no cover on the shoulders so that she could lift her arms up unhindered, for dance moves.
Her high heel shoes have a strap around the ankle to keep them in place and if this dancer did lots of dance moves in the show, then her shoes might have been ladies' Latin dance shoes which have a suede sole (no synthetic sole) so that the dancer can glide smoothly across the dance floor but still have grip. Like ballet shoes which are precision shoes, Latin dance shoes are also precision shoes.
(Latin dancing is the sexy version of ballroom dancing.)
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Success of the movie could…
Success of the movie could have been in part, to the design of Nancy Kwan's on-screen cheongsam with the side split to reveal the curve of the female thigh, coupled with the wearing of high heel shoes to elongate the legs and give a sleek look.
The cheongsam dresses worn by the young ladies in the movie go up to the neck and cover the chest and in that regard the dresses are decent because no cleavage shows. But the long side split which I assume is designed to make it easier to walk and sit down, is also a tease.
This whole image of young and pretty nubile woman "Suzie Wong" was something different in 1960 when the movie came out; a new sexy look that had not been seen in the West before (it was a change from the European leggy blonde look).
It's a good painting, by the way.
Suzie Wong ballet
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Is this what you meant?
Advertising image for the HK Ballet Company’s Suzie Wong themed production about 20 years ago.
Performed in high heels no less, rather than ballet footwear apparently!
That must have hurt?
Yes, thanks IDJ, this photo…
Yes, thanks IDJ, this photo is the perfect example of how the whole image of a figure-hugging cheongsam with a long side split for the tease factor, worn by a pretty lady with high heel shoes on, has, if you will, sex appeal.
I assume the dancer in the photo wore a cheongsam designed with no cover on the shoulders so that she could lift her arms up unhindered, for dance moves.
Her high heel shoes have a strap around the ankle to keep them in place and if this dancer did lots of dance moves in the show, then her shoes might have been ladies' Latin dance shoes which have a suede sole (no synthetic sole) so that the dancer can glide smoothly across the dance floor but still have grip. Like ballet shoes which are precision shoes, Latin dance shoes are also precision shoes.
(Latin dancing is the sexy version of ballroom dancing.)