Saturday 3 September 2016

Playing fashion designer - Hoi An tailoring

Quick post back to one thing in Vietnam I found that should be unmissable is to experience Hoi An's expert tailoring scene. The women there are absolutely incredible, you literally point to a picture of an item of clothing like off of ASOS or something, or if you want something different you draw a scribble out of what you want, pick a fabric and they literally make it from the picture and exactly how you picture it. They measure every part of your body so they can make it to fit you perfectly so you have a one of design made custom to your body, I loved my dress I got made so much (which was at Peace Clothing link below in post) that I got more clothes made, I tried another store and got a dragon print two piece I designed made out of silk which cost me around £45 but if I attempted to do something like this in England custom made custom fit it would have cost me over 100 it was so worth the price. That store was called Bari (link below also) heres some photos of the clothes I got made and also the ones my friends did.

dungaree sketch for the design I wanted
The finished dungaree dress from Peace, and the outfits my friends got made at Bari

Two piece sketch 
The beautiful fabric I chose 
another of the silk fabrics
the finished two piece 
https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g298082-d4211296-Reviews-Ba_Ri_Tailor-Hoi_An_Quang_Nam_Province.html

https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g298082-d2717876-Reviews-Peace_Tailor_in_Hoi_An-Hoi_An_Quang_Nam_Province.html