Christopher Breward is Director of Collection and Research at the National Galleries of Scotland, UK and Professorial Fellow at Edinburgh College of Art, University of Edinburgh, UK. He is the author of Fashioning London (Bloomsbury, 2004) and co-editor of The Englishness of English Dress (Bloomsbury, 2002) and Fashion's World Cities (Bloomsbury, 2006).Juliette MacDonald is Senior Lecturer at Edinburgh College of Art, University of Edinburgh, UK and International Dean at Shanghai International College of Fashion and Innovation, Donghua University, China.

Clearly written and coherent ... A timely publication that fills a gap in scholarship. It provides opportunities for more nuanced conversations about dress history in China and successfully stakes Shanghai's claim to global fashion recognition.

• List of IllustrationsNotes on ContributorsAcknowledgements1 Introduction - Christopher Breward2 A Century of Chinese Printed Textiles in Shanghai - Zhong Hong3 Wen Ming Xin Zhuang (New Enlightenment Clothes) - Liu Yu4 Shanghai Qipao 1925-49 - Bian Xiangyang and Yan Lanlan5 ‘Through The Maloo to the City’: Fashion, Decadence and Dance culture in Shanghai in the early 20th century - Juliette MacDonald6 Soong Ching-ling, Soong May-ling: Negotiating Dresses and Politics in Modern Shanghai, 1913-49 - Djurdja Bartlett7 Image Makers of Fashionable Shanghai, 1910-30 - Chia-Ling Yang8 Lost in Socialist Transformation? Shanghai Style under Mao - Antonia Finnane9 ‘New for three years, old for three years, fix for another 3 years’ - Anthony Bednall10 The Shanghai Dandy: Men in the City - Christopher Breward11 The Luxury Malling of Shanghai: Successes and Dissonances in the Chinese City - Agnès Rocamora12 ‘There will never be a Chinese Fashion’ – Staking a claim for Shanghai as a Fashion City - Anja Aronowsky CronbergGlossaryNotesBibliographyIndex

Christopher Breward is Director of Collection and Research at the National Galleries of Scotland, UK and Professorial Fellow at Edinburgh College of Art, University of Edinburgh, UK. He is the author of Fashioning London (Bloomsbury, 2004) and co-editor of The Englishness of English Dress (Bloomsbury, 2002) and Fashion's World Cities (Bloomsbury, 2006).Juliette MacDonald is Senior Lecturer at Edinburgh College of Art, University of Edinburgh, UK and International Dean at Shanghai International College of Fashion and Innovation, Donghua University, China.

Clearly written and coherent ... A timely publication that fills a gap in scholarship. It provides opportunities for more nuanced conversations about dress history in China and successfully stakes Shanghai's claim to global fashion recognition.

• List of IllustrationsNotes on ContributorsAcknowledgements1 Introduction - Christopher Breward2 A Century of Chinese Printed Textiles in Shanghai - Zhong Hong3 Wen Ming Xin Zhuang (New Enlightenment Clothes) - Liu Yu4 Shanghai Qipao 1925-49 - Bian Xiangyang and Yan Lanlan5 ‘Through The Maloo to the City’: Fashion, Decadence and Dance culture in Shanghai in the early 20th century - Juliette MacDonald6 Soong Ching-ling, Soong May-ling: Negotiating Dresses and Politics in Modern Shanghai, 1913-49 - Djurdja Bartlett7 Image Makers of Fashionable Shanghai, 1910-30 - Chia-Ling Yang8 Lost in Socialist Transformation? Shanghai Style under Mao - Antonia Finnane9 ‘New for three years, old for three years, fix for another 3 years’ - Anthony Bednall10 The Shanghai Dandy: Men in the City - Christopher Breward11 The Luxury Malling of Shanghai: Successes and Dissonances in the Chinese City - Agnès Rocamora12 ‘There will never be a Chinese Fashion’ – Staking a claim for Shanghai as a Fashion City - Anja Aronowsky CronbergGlossaryNotesBibliographyIndex

Christopher Breward is Director of Collection and Research at the National Galleries of Scotland, UK and Professorial Fellow at Edinburgh College of Art, University of Edinburgh, UK. He is the author of Fashioning London (Bloomsbury, 2004) and co-editor of The Englishness of English Dress (Bloomsbury, 2002) and Fashion's World Cities (Bloomsbury, 2006).Juliette MacDonald is Senior Lecturer at Edinburgh College of Art, University of Edinburgh, UK and International Dean at Shanghai International College of Fashion and Innovation, Donghua University, China.

Clearly written and coherent ... A timely publication that fills a gap in scholarship. It provides opportunities for more nuanced conversations about dress history in China and successfully stakes Shanghai's claim to global fashion recognition.

• List of IllustrationsNotes on ContributorsAcknowledgements1 Introduction - Christopher Breward2 A Century of Chinese Printed Textiles in Shanghai - Zhong Hong3 Wen Ming Xin Zhuang (New Enlightenment Clothes) - Liu Yu4 Shanghai Qipao 1925-49 - Bian Xiangyang and Yan Lanlan5 ‘Through The Maloo to the City’: Fashion, Decadence and Dance culture in Shanghai in the early 20th century - Juliette MacDonald6 Soong Ching-ling, Soong May-ling: Negotiating Dresses and Politics in Modern Shanghai, 1913-49 - Djurdja Bartlett7 Image Makers of Fashionable Shanghai, 1910-30 - Chia-Ling Yang8 Lost in Socialist Transformation? Shanghai Style under Mao - Antonia Finnane9 ‘New for three years, old for three years, fix for another 3 years’ - Anthony Bednall10 The Shanghai Dandy: Men in the City - Christopher Breward11 The Luxury Malling of Shanghai: Successes and Dissonances in the Chinese City - Agnès Rocamora12 ‘There will never be a Chinese Fashion’ – Staking a claim for Shanghai as a Fashion City - Anja Aronowsky CronbergGlossaryNotesBibliographyIndex