This striking dress designed by Travis Banton 1934 is worn by the beautiful Chinese-American actress Anna May Wong. While the dress may evoke the "cheongsam", a from-fitting traditional Chinese …

Mar 24, 2025 · Chinese American actor Anna May Wong wore this dress for her role in the 1934 Hollywood film Limehouse Blues, a Paramount drama set in the Limehouse district of London among …

Apr 4, 2025 · 3,095 likes, 11 comments - metmuseum on April 4, 2025: "Actor Anna May Wong used glamour as a powerful tool to resist and subvert harmful stereotypes of Asian women. Wong wore …

Anna May Wong (1905-1961) was Hollywood’s first Chinese American movie star. In fact, for several decades she was Hollywood’s only Chinese American movie star, such was the pervasive racism of …

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More recently, the motif has become a pervasive element in traditional Chinese dress styles. For the 1934 film Limehouse Blues, costume designer Travis Banton dressed Anna May Wong, one of …

Chinese-American film star, Anna May Wong wearing a dress with dragon motif in a publicity shot for 'Limehouse Blues', directed by Alexander Hall.

Actor Anna May Wong used glamour as a powerful tool to resist and subvert harmful stereotypes of Asian women. Wong wore this striking dress in the 1934 Hollywood film "Limehouse Blues." …

This sensational evening dress with a dragon running from top to bottom, and around, was designed by Travis Banton, in 1934. It is exactly the inspiration one needs today to go looking for everything …

3,725 likes, 18 comments - metcostumeinstitute on August 1, 2025: "Bringing the dazzling dragon back to life While this evening dress worn by Anna May Wong in the 1934 film “Limehouse Blues” is in …