At first high collars were in style. On even the hottest days of the summer, fashionable women would wear stiff collars that went as high as the ears. After a while, low collars became the rage--the lower the better--to the point that the collar was dispensed with altogether in some ch'i-p'aos.
先是流行高領，即使盛夏，時髦女性也穿著高聳及耳的硬領旗袍… …；不多久又流行起低領，領子愈低愈摩登，有的甚至省去領子。