Rose Lee was a second-generation Chinese Canadian woman born in Vancouver in the 1930s. Growing up, she went to a public school instead of a traditional Chinese school. Rose spoke English as her first language, but she could also talk in Chinese to help with her husband’s business on the edge of Vancouver’s Chinatown. Rose rejected Chinese fashion and did everything to present herself in a Canadian style. The British Royal Family inspired her fashion sensitivity; thus, she made tailored jackets with matching pants. However, Rose chose to wear an elaborate Chinese dress for her wedding. She wore it when pouring tea for her mother, a wedding tradition in Chinese culture.