She Wore the Stereotype Until It Broke | Anna May Wong, Part Two

In 1938 Anna May Wong told a journalist what happened when she took her American clothes to China. Everywhere she went, people asked who the Chinese girl in foreign dress was. So she had Chinese clothes made in Shanghai, and then people asked who the foreign girl in Chinese dress was. "I'm afraid that I'm a woman without a country." Part Two of two, covering 1931 to 1961. The Travis Banton dragon gown now in the Metropolitan Museum and what its dragon is actually copied from, the photographers who made her face and who owns those pictures now, the two parts she was refused for being too Chinese to play Chinese, the nine months in China, the auction of her own wardrobe for war relief, the television series she pitched herself and which no longer exists, and what survived. Part One, The Certificate of Identity, covers 1905 to 1931 and is the one to watch first. ------------- Find our Podcast on Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music or where ever you listen to your podcasts. ------------- Watch our other videos: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLM3OqLHVo6eGkl86dsCJlWdQg9UNuNoWm https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLM3OqLHVo6eH5hSfUOdjVzGLZxfJOKbeG -------------- 💬 Which fashion icon should we explore next? Let me know what you think in the comments. 👍 Like, 🔔 subscribe, and click the bell so you never miss an icon. https://www.youtube.com/@TheFashionMemoir ✨ Remember: in fashion as in life, be fearless and fabulous — this is The Fashion Memoir.