Among the most eye-catching entries is an elaborately ornamental Chinese opera costume, one with many stories to tell.
Rogers puts on an opera costume that includes a turban.
May 28 - Margaret Harris, opera costume and set designer (d. 2000)
Rather, they wear oddly mismatched clothing, including People's Liberation Army uniforms, Chinese opera costumes and Western lingerie.
Sing-song girls often did amateur Chinese opera performance for clients and often wore the traditional Chinese opera costume for small group performance.
In this tiny but formidable museum, a collection of Cantonese opera costumes, photographs and instruments are on display.
The authentic Chinese opera costumes in the play were sourced from Manchester.
The restaurants are decorated in red and gold velvet, with musical instruments and opera costumes lining the walls.
Before her burial in Mazatlán, her body lay in state, dressed in one of her opera costumes and her best jewels.
Clearly this would give her the opportunity to create a line of "fabulous opera costumes."