TsaiMeng-hsia quietly went onwith her work for several years "until the movie The Last Emperor won that award," she exclaims. "Europeans and Americans suddenly became interested in this mysterious country China. It wasn't until European designers started making some Chinese- in-fluenced clothes that Chinese turned around and looked at Chinese formal clothing."
蔡孟夏默默耕耘了好些年，「直到『末代皇帝』電影得獎，歐美人士對中國這個神秘國家再度產生興趣，歐洲服飾界也吹起一陣中國風，國人才又回過頭來正視中國服裝」，蔡孟夏感嘆地指出。