Comments on: Tailoring in Vietnam http://www.cottontimer.com/2006/01/05/tailoring-in-vietnam/ Love, Laughter, and Madness Thu, 04 Dec 2008 00:48:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Cottontimer http://www.cottontimer.com/2006/01/05/tailoring-in-vietnam/#comment-540 Cottontimer Sun, 15 Jan 2006 03:29:53 +0000 http://www.cottontimer.com/2006/01/05/tailoring-in-vietnam/#comment-540 <b>pieman</b>: "Shitty" is the correct word to describe the tailoring situation here. They don't care because tourists come and go, never to complain or ask for more. I almost cried myself to death when I saw those three pants I had tailored. Not even fit for sleeping in. *sigh* pieman: “Shitty” is the correct word to describe the tailoring situation here. They don’t care because tourists come and go, never to complain or ask for more. I almost cried myself to death when I saw those three pants I had tailored. Not even fit for sleeping in. *sigh*

]]> By: pieman http://www.cottontimer.com/2006/01/05/tailoring-in-vietnam/#comment-534 pieman Sat, 14 Jan 2006 09:12:02 +0000 http://www.cottontimer.com/2006/01/05/tailoring-in-vietnam/#comment-534 Totally gave up on all that Vietnamese tailoring stuf yonks ago. A joke. If I read one more travel article wetting themselves over Hoi An tailoring and wotnot I will cry myself to a very sad death. The only place that has done decent stuff for me is Cao Van. They take their time, 3 weeks and not 2 days, get it right enough and it fits. Not as cheap as the shitty tailors in town ($80 - 100 or more) But, I wouldn't bother anywhere else. Totally gave up on all that Vietnamese tailoring stuf yonks ago. A joke. If I read one more travel article wetting themselves over Hoi An tailoring and wotnot I will cry myself to a very sad death. The only place that has done decent stuff for me is Cao Van. They take their time, 3 weeks and not 2 days, get it right enough and it fits. Not as cheap as the shitty tailors in town ($80 - 100 or more) But, I wouldn’t bother anywhere else.

]]> By: Cottontimer http://www.cottontimer.com/2006/01/05/tailoring-in-vietnam/#comment-472 Cottontimer Sun, 08 Jan 2006 16:47:47 +0000 http://www.cottontimer.com/2006/01/05/tailoring-in-vietnam/#comment-472 <b>Deb</b>: I'm often in between sizes and it's maddening if my weight goes up or down a notch. Deb: I’m often in between sizes and it’s maddening if my weight goes up or down a notch.

]]> By: Deb http://www.cottontimer.com/2006/01/05/tailoring-in-vietnam/#comment-462 Deb Sat, 07 Jan 2006 16:25:05 +0000 http://www.cottontimer.com/2006/01/05/tailoring-in-vietnam/#comment-462 Cheaply tailored clothes would suck me in too! Pants are especially irritating because I'm in that no-man's-land between Petite and Misses height-wise. Cheaply tailored clothes would suck me in too! Pants are especially irritating because I’m in that no-man’s-land between Petite and Misses height-wise.

]]> By: Cottontimer http://www.cottontimer.com/2006/01/05/tailoring-in-vietnam/#comment-457 Cottontimer Fri, 06 Jan 2006 08:44:08 +0000 http://www.cottontimer.com/2006/01/05/tailoring-in-vietnam/#comment-457 <b>KChew</b>: I'm bracing myself for London prices. Having lived in Japan for almost 5 years, I don't think I'll be too surprised. ;) <b>Rosie</b>: I can't access PhotoBucket from Vietnam. :( Can you e-mail them to me? It sounds like quite a dress! cottontimer@gmail.com <b>mdmhvonpa</b>: You have obviously never seen how I dress normally. ha! <b>Snowy</b>: The only way to have more than one is to buy more than one from the start! That's what I try to do now when I get something I really love. (E-mailed you about the light.) KChew: I’m bracing myself for London prices. Having lived in Japan for almost 5 years, I don’t think I’ll be too surprised. ;)

Rosie: I can’t access PhotoBucket from Vietnam. :( Can you e-mail them to me? It sounds like quite a dress! cottontimer@gmail.com

mdmhvonpa: You have obviously never seen how I dress normally. ha!

Snowy: The only way to have more than one is to buy more than one from the start! That’s what I try to do now when I get something I really love. (E-mailed you about the light.)

]]> By: Snowy http://www.cottontimer.com/2006/01/05/tailoring-in-vietnam/#comment-455 Snowy Fri, 06 Jan 2006 08:35:35 +0000 http://www.cottontimer.com/2006/01/05/tailoring-in-vietnam/#comment-455 I have so often wished I could get someone to make me copies of my favourite things when they wear out, but reading this I know that they would always be subtly different...but I wish you luck with them anyway! The LED light isn't available in Europe yet and shipping costs (27dollars) make it impractical to order from the US, but do let us know if it works well, as I would rather wait for something really good that splash out on a disaster. En principe Rosie will be in Taiwan this year, and be able to to find one there? I have so often wished I could get someone to make me copies of my favourite things when they wear out, but reading this I know that they would always be subtly different…but I wish you luck with them anyway!
The LED light isn’t available in Europe yet and shipping costs (27dollars) make it impractical to order from the US, but do let us know if it works well, as I would rather wait for something really good that splash out on a disaster. En principe Rosie will be in Taiwan this year, and be able to to find one there?

]]> By: mdmhvonpa http://www.cottontimer.com/2006/01/05/tailoring-in-vietnam/#comment-445 mdmhvonpa Thu, 05 Jan 2006 19:39:26 +0000 http://www.cottontimer.com/2006/01/05/tailoring-in-vietnam/#comment-445 Clothes Horse ... ;) Clothes Horse … ;)

]]> By: Rosie http://www.cottontimer.com/2006/01/05/tailoring-in-vietnam/#comment-444 Rosie Thu, 05 Jan 2006 15:48:22 +0000 http://www.cottontimer.com/2006/01/05/tailoring-in-vietnam/#comment-444 Right at the end of the year, about a week before I left Beijing, I fell in love with a dress I found in a Chinese Vogue. It was totally unsuitable for me, as it was designed for a tall, skinny Chinese model, but I went through with it anyway, determined as only I can be. They didn't have the right colours (I wanted steel-grey silk for the bodice but settled for brown) or the right materials (the skirt was meant to be a sort of metallic padded affair, we agreed to make it from a sort of taffetas). And I only had time for 2 fittings before I left to go back to the UK. I've lost about 5 kilos since I had it made, and it's really not suitable. I've worn the skirt and sleeves combined with a corset from a different outfit, once, to a fancy dress party, where it had some success (though I padded it out with two tutus underneath to get the right amount of bustle). Here are <a href="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v132/ladippo/rosie_and_vincent_086.jpg" rel="nofollow">two</a> <a href="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v132/ladippo/rosie_and_vincent_094.jpg" rel="nofollow">photographs</a> of the outfit the day I picked it up from the tailors. You can tell by my expression that I had realised my mistake! Right at the end of the year, about a week before I left Beijing, I fell in love with a dress I found in a Chinese Vogue. It was totally unsuitable for me, as it was designed for a tall, skinny Chinese model, but I went through with it anyway, determined as only I can be.
They didn’t have the right colours (I wanted steel-grey silk for the bodice but settled for brown) or the right materials (the skirt was meant to be a sort of metallic padded affair, we agreed to make it from a sort of taffetas). And I only had time for 2 fittings before I left to go back to the UK.
I’ve lost about 5 kilos since I had it made, and it’s really not suitable. I’ve worn the skirt and sleeves combined with a corset from a different outfit, once, to a fancy dress party, where it had some success (though I padded it out with two tutus underneath to get the right amount of bustle).
Here are two photographs of the outfit the day I picked it up from the tailors. You can tell by my expression that I had realised my mistake!

]]> By: KChew http://www.cottontimer.com/2006/01/05/tailoring-in-vietnam/#comment-443 KChew Thu, 05 Jan 2006 14:18:04 +0000 http://www.cottontimer.com/2006/01/05/tailoring-in-vietnam/#comment-443 Who doesn't love to find a bargain......the internet has given me way too much access to surfing for sales! You may get sticker shock when you get to London... Who doesn’t love to find a bargain……the internet has given me way too much access to surfing for sales! You may get sticker shock when you get to London…

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