This Day, That Year

Editor's note: This year marks the 70th anniversary of the founding of New China.

An item in China Daily on Jan 25, 1983, showed representatives of fashion designer Pierre Cardin visiting the Beijing Renmin Clothing Factory.

In December 1978, Cardin became the first man to bring chic Western fashions to China when he strolled down a Beijing street clad in a stylish woolen overcoat, attracting attention from passers-by.