DuPont poster, Shanghai 上海美商《恒信洋行》海報

Shanghai in its roaring thirties was an amazing spectacle, reverberating in the western imagination as a place of style, excitement and intrigue. Yet in traditional Chinese society a woman's place tended to remain in the seclusion of the home. Though no longer wrapped in embroidered silks and swaying on bound feet, she was enlightened enough to pursue lifestyles reflecting the aspirations of Shanghai's rising middle class.畫師:之光
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