I decided to follow Kate and Heather to the Fabric Market when they needed to pick up some summer dresses they had made and I soon realized something that I thought wasn’t possible: Shanghai CAN get better!
After checking on their dresses we walked around and I checked out a few stalls that had some good jersey. Along with silks, leathers, furs, and even sparkly metallic fabrics, I found a few places that would probably copy some cute skirts I was fancying. I’ll have to let you know how it goes.
The Shanghai fabric market is officially called the Shanghai Bund Soft-Spinning Material Market. (Don’t ask me the reasoning behind the name, I don’t know haha) It’s located in a slightly slummy area of town, and I couldn’t stop thinking that by the time I leave Shanghai the houses in this neighbourhood may not be around anymore due to all of the new condos popping up and down.
At the multi-floor indoor bazaar, hundreds of tailors man stalls, all selling cashmere, silk and cotton copies of runway designs from the likes of Giorgio Armani, Prada, and Chanel. You can have anything copied as long as you bring a picture or an original for the tailor; from what I can see on the web, you should expect to pay about $45 for wool jackets and $60 for cashmere--after you bargain, that is.
It was strange to see so many tourists in one building, and most were from Germany from what we could tell. I’d like to think I could bargain great prices but seeing all of those tourists made me wonder how far the bottom line is and how close I can get to it if all of the silly foreigners are negotiating terrible prices. I guess we’ll just have to see ;-)
Wish me luck!
Here are a few pictures I found online. (Please note these aren't mine.)
After checking on their dresses we walked around and I checked out a few stalls that had some good jersey. Along with silks, leathers, furs, and even sparkly metallic fabrics, I found a few places that would probably copy some cute skirts I was fancying. I’ll have to let you know how it goes.
The Shanghai fabric market is officially called the Shanghai Bund Soft-Spinning Material Market. (Don’t ask me the reasoning behind the name, I don’t know haha) It’s located in a slightly slummy area of town, and I couldn’t stop thinking that by the time I leave Shanghai the houses in this neighbourhood may not be around anymore due to all of the new condos popping up and down.
At the multi-floor indoor bazaar, hundreds of tailors man stalls, all selling cashmere, silk and cotton copies of runway designs from the likes of Giorgio Armani, Prada, and Chanel. You can have anything copied as long as you bring a picture or an original for the tailor; from what I can see on the web, you should expect to pay about $45 for wool jackets and $60 for cashmere--after you bargain, that is.
It was strange to see so many tourists in one building, and most were from Germany from what we could tell. I’d like to think I could bargain great prices but seeing all of those tourists made me wonder how far the bottom line is and how close I can get to it if all of the silly foreigners are negotiating terrible prices. I guess we’ll just have to see ;-)
Wish me luck!
Here are a few pictures I found online. (Please note these aren't mine.)
Some ladies checking out some fabric
Everything you could ever want. Buttons, Zippers, feathers, and Fur !
Just outside the market
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