The Making of Our Wedding

While in Beijing recently, we came across a silk shop in Yue Show complex. It has a wide variety of China silk and some very nicely designed cheongsams. There were a variety of traditional ones and some with contemporary designs.

We decided to make my first cheongsam that I could wear for the wedding and I chose a piece of silk cloth in soft gold, with embroideries of dragons in gold and flowers in baby pink.

It was about 8pm when we did the measurements. That same night around midnight, the skeleton of the cheongsam was made and brought over to our hotel room for fitting.

The next day, at 7am, the completed cheongsam was delivered to the hotel. All in all, it was less than a 12-hour job and I’m impressed with the tailoring speed and also satisfied with the service and results.