Light shawl originally fashionable in central Manchuria (5)
I believe the answer is:
fichu
'light shawl' is the definition.
(type of shawl)
'originally fashionable in central manchuria' is the wordplay.
'originally' indicates taking the first letters.
'central' indicates the central letters.
The middle letters of 'manchuria' are 'chu'.
The initial letters of 'fashionable in' is 'fi'.
'fi'+'chu'='FICHU'
(Other definitions for fichu that I've seen before include "Eighteenth-century woman's light scarf" , "Light triangular scarf" , "Cloth triangle" , "Lace shawl" , "Small triangular shawl" .)