When the tailor was a common profession, Fabric Market in Shanghai
Italy, 50s. You wanted a dress? Mending? Shirt? Vai to the tailor! A lot, at affordable prices. Now, apart from the lady who "will shorten the pants" to get a dress is almost always an area, and price, from "haute couture".
China, 2007. Stephen began working in Shanghai without going to Italy. Urge the purchase of clothes (yes, jacket / tie every day). Wage issues aside, the Chinese are strange: it seems that those who assume that anyone who studies the bounty is as tall as me or even chubby (you know, business dress, dinners, good life). Thus, among the clothes in the store, the choice is relentlessly swirl effect of the jacket or shirt. This explains why many who see in the street have their sleeves inch height, as a vicious circle.
However, last week I went to the legendary "Fabric Market" (Market of the tissues). Hundreds of shops selling cloth and take measures. Typical example, myself, I chose a shop that I trusted, I browsed over some magazines available on site and pointed to a model of international tailor something that I liked, I'm left to measure, I chose the fabric and details. I had an interesting team of consultants, including my roommate who is a kind of tissue engineering and his colleague who is more on design (lucky right?). I also ordered two shirts (same procedure when made). Sunday pick-up and I see that it came out. Not all tailors have the same quality, or are good at everything, we must find them. In any case, leafing through a newspaper and Armani model to wager that you will sew on this measure is an 'emotion China to try.
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But how much it costs to get the clothes in china?
Rather expensive in Shanghai?
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I'll call you Sunday. I want to see what came from the tailor. I know that there many ways life is more comfortable and "normal". Here some things, "trades" or there are no more or else have become. I think for many things that you miss China when (if) you come back now ... Enjoy these aspects of "human" because if the path is the same as the West, but at quadruple speed in terms of time, I do not know how long. Anyway here is the past, years later, a pickup truck-grinder repairs umbrellas, and in the mountains there is a van that runs homes for: chimney sweep. To return to a war?
Ahh feeling that you made me come to mind, I remember about 25 years ago, in Turkey, specifically in the remote port where my ships were docked, a long winter of waiting with the luggage loss in Istanbul, I walked into a small shop Tailoring, located almost in the street, in the local bazaar, and I did wrap pants and shirts that I still have. Cool, definitely my tailor Turkish was not working with models, "Armani" or "Versace" but put his,
Surely it was better to you!
A tailored shirt should cost no more than 100 RMB (10 Euro) but you can negotiate up to 70-80 for lesser quality fabric / tailor with less work. A bargain is not always the bone, however, makes money, because maybe you end up with lower quality finishes. My way to bargain was a tailor who choose the clothes on display looked good to me, to have shown the best dressed (usually exposed), and before anything else ask the same quality of the stitching / inner jacket. Then choose the fabric, and finally with absolute calm, begin to discuss the price (always the last thing, so why the retailer has already invested the time, anticipating the Sale). In discussing the price, I forgot to point out several times that I began to lvorare and I need clothes, and that if this goes well I ordered more (quality and attention usually insured). I try the dress a week, if all goes well I ordered one and only one more ... So the level of attention does not come down. As far as I understand the Chinese mentality, after three dresses the relationship of trust is established.
A suit (jacket / trousers) to measure costs from 600 to 900 depending on the cut, the tailor and cloth. In some shops are imported fabric "made in england" that shoots the cost of the dress around 1500-2000. I am for the "theory of the tailor," meaning that the greater the cut and fabric to make a difference.
To get the price in Euro divide by 10, prices in RMB.
Angela, scroll the main page, right there is the option to register on the site ... start to get old huh?!
I am old, TSE!
They are so young that I could do ... the president of the republic!
Nice is the registration form that does NOT send emails to the inbox so you can NOT complete the registration!
President, I have carried out checks on 3 different email addresses, including my gmail account. I received three e-mail confirming registration.
May I suggest a small icon under the control "spam", where probably an excessive use of filters have filed the initial email that has the subject "Confirm your email address"