Fusionable Cheongsam and the Mêlée of Fashion

The word mêlée came into the English language via the Old French meslee, itself based on Medieval Latin misculare, 'to mix'. In Middle English it denoted 'hand-to-hand combat', but also 'cloth made from variegated wool'. It is this double connotation, the colourful mix of fashion on the one hand, and the struggle over the meaning of particular dresses, that Wessieling's work on the cheongsam brings to the fore. In the cheongsam, tradition fights with modernity, costume with fashion, culture with economy. The male intermingles with the female, the West opposes the East.

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Huck, C., 2007. Fusionable Cheongsam and the Mêlée of Fashion, in: Fusionable Cheongsam. Hong Kong Arts Centre, Hong Kong, pp. 44–79.
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