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13 May 2008

Fabric & Tailor Market in Shanghai II (Part 2)

Img_1296 The fateful day arrived. Yes, my shirts are here !

The 3kg package, drapped in Winnie the Pooh wrapping paper, didnt inspire much confidence. I stared at the package for a while, quite sure that I made a wrong choice with both the tailor and the quantity.

It didnt take me too long to realise its too late for regrets.  I tored up the packaging and tried the first shirt.

On first try, I thought the cutting was bit off and the fitting was a bit too tight. I took that off and tried another one. Surprisingly, it fitted very well and comfortably too. The remaining three shirts fitted well too.

I then tried the first shirt again. I am not too sure why, but this time it seems like a much better fit. Perhaps my initial low expectations got the better of me.

On closer inspection, I found the tailoring skills and attention to details to be very good. Fabric aside, I feel its better than some of my more expensive business shirts made elsewhere outside of China.

Overall, I think I got a good deal. I was so pleased that I went back and got five more shirts tailored. For Jennifer,  with the exception of  a minor alteration, she was very pleased with her qipao too. She made another one too!

My next target - a suit and an overcoat

Now, I am sure most of you would be asking by now. "So which stall did you visit ?".

Here you go:

Da Shanghai MJ Dress (大上海服饰)
399 Lu Jia Bang Road
371, 3F
Tel :02163775856
Mobile: 13524325665
email : mj_shirt@163.com

Disclaimer :I have not tried other stalls in the fabric market, so I cant say this is the best one. But I am a satisfied customer from this stall.

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Comments

Nice shirt~~ Just came across your blog today, very nice articles about Shanghai and it makes me really miss Shanghai (I am in Toronto now).

i just came back from shanghai. I went to the market as well. I went to stall no. 329 on the 3rd floor. spent ard 135rmb per shirt, with french cuffs and embroidering of initials on the cuffs. the quality is really good. 1 shirt was a bit too thin though, but i think its the material and not the workmanship.

Hi zz,

yes, same sentiments on my shirts too..

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