Gipao is the name for the traditional Chinese form-fitting, one-piece dress for women, that originated in the 1920s in Shanghai, and features a standing, closed collar, known as the Mandarin collar, a fitted bodice, and a straight, narrow skirt that falls to the ankles, and here adorned with floral patterns. It is fastened with small, decorative fasteners called ‘frogs’, rather than with buttons.