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These local designers reinventing the cheongsam (aka qipao) all do bespoke pieces: My Mandarin Collar for alluring robes and tops / #02-04 Willyn Ville / 8383 5252 / my mandarincollar.com; We Love Yu creates romantic, vintage-y designs / #03-01 / 8 Mohammed Sultan Rd / 6235 7781 / weloveyu. com; and Tong Tong Friendship Store has retro patterns / #01-04/05 / Shaw Towers / 100 Beach Rd / 6396 3887 / tongtong.sg.