LACMA Presents Fashioning Chinese Women: Empire to Modernity

(Los Angeles, CA—May 13, 2026) The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) presents Fashioning Chinese Women: Empire to Modernity. The exhibition charts the evolution of Chinese women’s dress, from loose-fitting embroidered robes of the late Qing Dynasty to the iconic sleek silhouettes of 1930s qipao to the global style of 1950s cheongsam. Bringing together over 70 rare looks from LACMA’s permanent collection, Fashioning Chinese Women illuminates a seldom-seen story of how Chinese and Chinese American women used dress to negotiate their changing identities amid profound societal and cultural transformations.