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Audrey Hepburn

1940's Shanghai

Painted posters of beautiful women were used to sell all manner of goods in 1920s China. Broadcaster Christina Wong asks if these are images of subservience or liberation.

old shanghai fashion poster

Brilliant Shanghai artist He Youzhi who captures life on the streets of old Shanghai from 1930s - a period of transition in the city which he observed as a child growing up there

Oracle Bones is an ancient script carved on tortoise shells or animal bones. Having emerged during the Shang Dynasty (1600B.C.-1000B.C.), Oracle Script is considered the oldest script in China.

Audrey Hepburn, so beautiful

The photograph taken by Athol Smith that was used for the cover.

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A young adult novel by award winning author Gabrielle Wang. Inspired by a true story.Melbourne, 1943, and Mirabel is seventeen. She is leaving school, design...

My mother at 16. She designed the coat and dress she's wearing.