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The collar of Cheongsam Dresses is high and tight fitting, not just for preventing coldness but also for beauty. The collar of Cheongsam Dresses generally takes the shape of a semicircle. Cheongsam Dresses become more and more popular especially in Western culture. Cheongsam Dresses combine the elaborate elegance of Chinese tradition with unique elements of style, like the high collar and the slits, which set off the beauty of the female shape. Because of their particular charme Cheongsam Dresses are like a wonderful flower in the colorful fashion scene. Another beauty of Cheongsam Dresses is that they are made of different materials and to varying lengths. Cheongsam Dresses can be worn either on casual or formal occasions. In either case, Cheongsam Dresses create an impression of simple and quiet charm, elegance and attraction. With distinctive Chinese features Cheongsam Dresses enjoy a growing popularity in the international world of high fashion. This sentence doesn't contain any information. The collar of Cheongsam Dresses is meticulously made, especially the buttonhole loop on the collar. For convenient movement and display of the slender legs of women Cheongsam Dresses generally have two big slits at either side of the hem. The slits of a China dress expose a woman's legs indistinctly when she walks, as if there was a blurred emotional appeal of "enjoying flowers in mist". Today you can get Cheongsam Dresses with different lengths and kinds of slits (one slit on the side or front as well as two slits). Cheongsam Dresses usually are made of excellent materials like silk, silk brocade, satin, satin brocade or velour's. Nearly all colors can be used. Often Cheongsam Dresses get a certain pattern, such as Chinese Dragons, different kinds of flowers, butterflies or other typical Chinese icons (e.g. prosperity, wealth). A China dress can display all women's modesty, softness and beauty. Like Chinese women's temperament, Cheongsam Dresses are elegant and gentle, their long-standing elegance and serenity make wearers fascinating. Cheongsam Dresses almost vary with a woman's figure. Cheongsam Dresses not only lay stress on the natural beauty of a female figure, but also make women's legs appear more slender. Mature women in a China dress can display their graceful refined manner. In the 17th century in North China a collarless tube-shaped gown was developed, it was the ancestor of todays Cheongsam. It became popular among the royal palace of the Qing Dynasty and the mansions of the Manchu nobility. Cheongsam Dresses The Manchu rulers organized certain people, mainly Manchus into "banners" (qi) and called "banner people", which then became loosely the name of all Manchus. The Manchu women wore normally a one-piece dress which, likewise, came to be called "qipao" or "banner dress". At that time, it was loosely fitted and long enough to reach the insteps. Usually Cheongsam Dresses were made of silk, and embroidered, with broad laces trimmed at the collar, sleeves and edges. Although the 1911 Revolution toppled the rule of the Qing (Manchu) Dynasty, the female Cheongsam Dresses survived the political change and, with later improvements, have become the traditional dress for Chinese women