Artist-in-residence Chelsea Ryoko Wong opened her year-long Oakland Museum of California installation “Ancestral Visions” ...

Meticulously hand-stitched with threads of gold and silver, her long silk qipao, a traditional Chinese dress dating back to the Qing Dynasty (1644–1912), is adorned with delicate floral patterns ...

Popular in the '30s and '40s, the Chinese women's dress called qipao ... around 100 yuan for a shiny qipao is a fun investment. All prices are negotiable at the Silk Market. It all depends on ...