I'm excited, I'm off to the tailor to get a dress made! At least that's the plan. My Chinese friend Amy and I are heading down to Erqi square where they sell loads of different fabrics and they have tailors to make outfits for you. Theran went a few weeks ago and had 4 suits made! I just want a pretty, traditional style Chinese dress. I'm a bit nervous because I won't know if it suits me until it's all made. And by then it's a bit late. I was flipping through their magazines that showed the various dresses, and they all looked so lovely on the models. But that's always the case, isn't it. My hips are slightly wider than the average Chinese girl.... guess I just have to hope it looks okay on me. Eeek! So cool and exciting! Poor Amy though, she probably doesn't realise what she's gotten herself into - taking the most indecisive person shopping! Thank god she's so patient!
Update*
Back from the tailors, and it went pretty well. I didn't take hours to choose a material, so that's a plus. I ended up choosing a sleeveless dress and a pant/top combo. I have no idea how they'll look. Sneef has got me all worried now - maybe I'm too curvy for a traditional Chinese dress! The seamstress said it would be difficult to make a dress for me because she had to take so many different measurements. More boobs and bum than she's used to, I guess! She commented to Amy about how Western girls always have bigger hips. Sigh.... I definitely fit the mold on that one. Anyway, it should all be ready in 10 days. Fingers crossed!
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I miss my Tailor...she was so cute...always excited to see me come in. Us western women have to have clothes made because we\'re no size 0. I use to get my mom to send me over InStyle Magazine and have the tailor make things similar to what I wanted. I still have a few of the nice dress pants and my jacket....I have a gorgeous faux fur trimmed leather jacket, 3/4 length made for me. Fits only me!!Good luck on the dress. You look to be the same size as my roommate in China and she had one made....looked fine on her. I had one tailor made for my daughter too. She loves it! I could never have one made, I\'m too curvy for that....but take me to a Panama tailor and have a latino dress made and I\'d fill that out just fine!Keep us informed about the colour and design. I take it you\'re going to have it made out of the thicker silk?
sounds neat. good luck with your dress, i hope you love it. i am pretty sure i would have a problem similar to that of sneef. after 3 kids~ well yes, they are child bearing hips. not to mention they kind of were before! if you get a chance, post a pic. ever reading, michy
Dresses are no fun. Perhaps a silk negligee. More appropriate for school wear anyway.
I can\'t wait to hear about how the trip to the tailor\'s went =D. Hope all goes good gurl. It dose sound exciting.(¯`v´¯) `·.¸.·´ ¸.·´¸.·´¨) ¸.·*¨) (¸.·´ (¸.·´ .·´¸¸.·´♡Trish ♡
can\'t wait to see the finished product ..on YOU!! ... :)TTFN
Damn us Canadians and our curviness!! You want to get a good dress made? We may have to go for Italy for that... or as I like to say... perhaps KFC... because Winnipeg Girls have more breasts, legs and thighs than a bucket of chicken... woot! I\'m sure it\'ll look fabulous... Post pics!
You\'ll be fine....you look to be the same size as my roommmate....i should find a pic of her in it...i have one posted.....i think in my yahoo online pics.....i\'ll get the link and you can judge for yourself....it\'ll be fine! No worries dear no worries!!
Found the link...you\'ll be fine http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/sneefsnaff/detail?.dir=b5a1&.dnm=886c.jpg&.src=ph
You gotta let us see...I love the chinese clothing.
Chinese women came in all shapes and sizes - I think she may have been trying to create an excuse to inflate the price . If I\'m wrong and the dressmaker is right you should be able to bargain her down - who\'s she gonna find to fit it if you don\'t buy it ? That\'s a win-win situation if ever there was one .We want pics of course .
LOL my sisn\'law is chinese but she\'s a little more heavy set and she was all upset because the traditional wedding dress didn\'t exist in her size premade, she had to get it tailored cause the lady said she was too fat and they don\'t make dresses for ppl like her
The perils of buying clothes.......I would love to have something tailor made though, I bet it will fit wonderfully and look just fine on you!Apparently I haven\'t been here in about a week, maybe I was a bit busy with the puppies! LOLHave a great day, I can\'t wait to see the pictures of the finished product!C U later!
It will be so pretty and a keepsake. You don\'t strike me as horribly, disfiguringly overweight so I\'m sure it will be just lovely. Maybe you\'re just taking your pictures from a good angle though, I dunno.
I think the tailors would run away screaming if they saw me coming! I dont think you can get more curves then the ones I got! :p*lick*
oooooooh!!!!!!! that\'s so cool! :D i want to buy a tailor made dress for me too! do you think we\'ll have time in beijing? btw, what colour did you pick?
Keeping fingers crossed =D What colors did you pick out for your new threads?? Hope you share pics with us =D**Hugs**(¯`v´¯) `·.¸.·´ ¸.·´¸.·´¨) ¸.·*¨) (¸.·´ (¸.·´ .·´¸¸.·´♡Trishy
Oh that sounds fun. And adventurous! I\'m so glad I deemed you an adventurer- you just keep living up to expectation ;)I hope we get to see a picture!!T
getting a dress made.....wow! That would be awesome. I mean I\'ve worn a dress once before that was made for me.....but, seven other girls had it, too.....damn weddings. You\'ll definetely have to post pics once it\'s done.
good luck on yr dress ....hope yeah show some picture when it\'s ready ...take care ((HUGS))& :):)
Sounds like a lot of fun. I hope it turns out well...curves and all! I bought a traditional Chinese dress and it was very hard to find an appropriate size because they are so stick straight.Have a great weekend!
hey..ya gotta show us the outfit!! a 2 piecer sounds very cool..don\'t forget the hairstyle!! with the stick through the twist ;-) what colour????????
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