Tailor made

For Cousin Steppynose's marriage celebration, we traveled yesterday to Hoi An, a small town with literally hundreds of tailor shops where one can get custom-made garments. It's a quaint little town, definitely caters to tourists, and is much more manageable than larger Vietnamese cities like Ho Chi Minh or Hanoi.

We spent the afternoon in a few tailor shops where my siblings and mother got measured for different garments. It was fun picking the different fabrics, mixing and matching them with jazzy lining materials and considering what other garments can be made.

It's really difficult to tell one tailor from another. They all offer similar fabrics and display the same types of garments: coats with funky overlapping collars, basic suiting, silk blouses, etc. It's hard to see how any of these businesses survive!

Because I have too many clothes in the first place, I didn't order anything to be made. Instead, I offered my criticism and opinions, even when unsolicited!