Chapter 16 The Blue Indigo
"This layer of layers looks so complicated, is there any point in making this kind of clothes that can't be worn every day?" Su Qing still had a lot of puzzles.
If there is an event or a party, it is fine, but if it is daily life, who will have this kind of leisure and leisure, wear clothes for half a day, and comb their hair for half a day. If it has no influence on people's daily lives, then the culture of Hanfu cannot be said to really survive.
"There are improved models. It will be more convenient to wear, and the shape is not strict, but many of them look good. ”
Hao Chun took off the lower skirt and tied the skirt around the waist as an ordinary one-piece lower skirt to wear.
Hey, it's okay like this!
"Wait, can these coats, undershirts, and skirts be matched at will?" Su Qing always thought that one set was a fixed set of matching, but he didn't expect the wearing method to be so unexpectedly flexible.
"The breast-length skirt refers to a way of wearing, such as this skirt, I tie the belt around the waist to wear it is a general way to wear, but in the Tang Dynasty, it was more popular to wear the skirt higher, all the way to the chest. ”
"In this way, if I buy a dress, as long as I can wear it, I can wear it in two ways. In fact, looking at it this way, the ancients were quite good at saving money, and Su Qing's impression of Hanfu was from niche and cold to the evaluation of "it can be very close to life".
"Like modern clothes, the undergarment is a small coat or something, the shirt is a base shirt, the half-sleeve is a short sleeve that can be worn over the shirt, and the skirt is a beautiful cloth anyway, whether it is tied to the chest or tied to the waist. ”
So as long as you don't consider the color, just like buying a versatile coat can match a lot of clothes now, as long as you buy a very versatile coat, you can actually match many styles of undergarments and skirts.
So it looks like a lot of pictures, but in fact, there are a lot of things that look very different in style caused by different ways of wearing, and the things are still those things.
"Therefore, the Hanfu sold in very particular stores is generally not sold as a set of clothes, but sold separately for a certain part, such as only selling robes" Hao Chun opened a shop with a higher average price to show Su Qing.
As Hao Chun said, almost all the goods on the shelves of these stores are relatively high-priced single pieces, and they can be customized according to the requirements.
Su Qing looked at the Tang Dynasty skirt that Hao Chunwei personally showed her, and roughly determined the pattern of each dress.
However, the fabric is also very important to determine the effect and style of the final garment. A good fabric can almost determine the effect of the finished product.
Su Qing looked up the patterns of many fabrics, but the details on the pictures were not obvious at all, and he couldn't see the texture clearly, not to mention the estimated color difference.
So Su Qing decided to find a sunny day to visit the place where the fabric was sold.
It was another weekend, and Su Qing could only think that the shops on this street would have all kinds of fabrics to choose from.
"I'm not wrong, it's not a joke to donate curtains and sheets to make clothes for you!" Hao Chun teased with a grin.
Now there is very little demand for tailor-made clothes, and there are no ready-made fabrics, so Su Qing seems to have only one option left, visiting a physical store that makes curtains and bedding.
"How could this be appropriate? Su Qing looked at the rare red cloth in those fabrics with a little melancholy, and it was also embroidered with big-headed doll New Year pictures and many sons and blessings.
Looking at the fabric used to make the curtains here, although there are enough solid color color options, I really can't imagine what it is like to wear that kind of heavy light-proof hemp on my body.
The material of the soft gauze curtain seems to be usable, but this is very inconsistent with Su Qing's original design intention at the beginning.
Or look for it online, not to mention the complete range of cheap, but you can't determine the real details and feel of the fabric. But this is also a last resort.
Just when the two of them walked to the end of the street and were about to go home, they met a familiar person.
From a distance, he looks like he has a long body and outstanding temperament, and it is difficult not to notice him even in the bustling crowd.
"Boss Zheng!" Su Qing didn't know why he stopped and called Zheng Li. "Are you going to make curtains too?"
Zheng Li saw Su Qing pointing to the custom-made curtain store beside him.
He shook his head. He's not here to make curtains, he's here to find someone.
According to Su Qing's previous personality, it was absolutely impossible to take the initiative to greet unrelated people, but as soon as Su Qing saw Zheng Li, he thought of the unclear relationship between him and Song Yuelou.
She wanted to know that Zheng Li knew whether Song Yuelou bought a copycat version of his Hanfu anyway, and there was no reason to want to know.
Although the two should not have anything to do with each other anymore.
People breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that he could ignore Song Yuelou's behavior, but he had to hold on to himself, it was too unfair.
Su Qing saw that Zheng Li obviously didn't continue to pay attention to his meaning, so he cheekily chased after the others, and stunned Hao Chun beside him.
My God, when did Su Qing become so bold!
"What is Boss Zheng doing here?" Su Qing knew that he was bored, so he still had nothing to say, and found a topic randomly.
"Come find an acquaintance. Zheng Li's mind was not on Su Qing, and he didn't want to explain too much about his actions.
Zheng Li has always wanted to adjust his company's business, and he doesn't want to find this delicate balance between OEM and traditional Hanfu. It is not good for the establishment of your own brand to be indecent for a long time.
If you don't want to find this balance, simply completely differentiate, and then open a store specializing in ancient Hanfu, specializing in the high-end market, and carrying out customized services;
But he can't lead a few people to reopen a high-end store by himself, and the company now doesn't have the function of mass-producing clothes, so he obviously can't rest assured that this person will give up his existing job to specialize in customization and cutting.
Ms. He knew that he wanted to start this business, so she gave him a contact information.
Zheng Li looked at the door number of the curtain shop in front of him. This should be the place.
Su Qing didn't know, so he had to follow Zheng Li into this shop.
Inside, a spirited old man, with a black and white board on his head and a soft ruler around his neck, sat in the shop and blackmailed Erlang's legs, squinting and frowning at the smart phone in his hand.
"Uncle Zhang?" Zheng Li called the old man.
"Little fish, you've grown so big. The old tailor took off his large glasses, looked at the man in front of him, and then pointed to the phone screen. "I was just looking at it, and the store is really good-looking, unlike those of us who can't keep up. ”
"I don't know much about it. Zheng Li, like a frequent acquaintance, found a stool in the shop and sat down, and after sitting down, he picked up a low stool from the side and handed it to him.
Zheng Li didn't look back at Su Qing, his hand holding the stool froze in mid-air for a while, feeling that no one had taken the things in his hand, and just when he wanted to take it back, he felt a light in his hand, and the low stool was taken away by Su Qing.
Su Qing was stunned before he realized that this was given to him by Zheng Li. Although some people are silent in their mouths, they are nuanced in their minds, and it is difficult to be annoying.
"I listened to what your mother told me, whether I want to or not is secondary, I used to be a cheongsam, and I haven't made those ancient shirts and skirts, so I may not be able to help much. ”
Uncle Zhang and Zheng Li's mother, Ms. He, are old acquaintances, many of Ms. He's cheongsams are made by Master Zhang, and Zheng Li will follow his mother here from time to time to change the clothes that don't fit when he was a child
Zheng Li did not plan for Uncle Zhang to learn the layout of Hanfu, it was his own work. What he is looking for is an old tailor who is passable, strict in details, and has rich experience, who will be slightly relaxed or narrowed according to the body data reported by the customer, and will not change the clothes to be too different from the original.
Su Qing was also listening, and his eyes straightened when he heard that the other party was making clothes. Then there will be more or less fabrics for cheongsams in this store, rather than all curtain fabrics.
"Master Zhang, do you still make cheongsams here?" Su Qing interjected a little abruptly.
Only then did Uncle Zhang notice that Zheng Li was still followed by Su Qing.
"Yes, of course, the guys are on the second floor, you want to wear a cheongsam?"
Zheng Li finally turned his head and looked at Su Qing.
The expression was "What are you talking about?!"
Su Qing suddenly remembered the reason why she had been following Zheng Li, and the slight resentment she had against him and now that she was accused, she was a little unconvinced.
"Yes, if you like it, you have to. Su Qing was stubborn enough to speak.
Zheng Li knew that Su Qing ran into her inexplicably and then followed her, she said that asking for a cheongsam was a joke at all, what do people who are studying in school want a cheongsam, and they don't have to buy a cheongsam in person to host the event.
However, at this time, the angry people didn't even look at Zheng Li, and followed Master Zhang to the second floor.
The storefronts on that floor are hung with clothes against the walls, and the color patterns are not too exaggerated, and many of them are good things to know by looking at jacquards, and since they are used to make clothes, they will not be as heavy as blackout curtain fabrics.
These are the ideal fabrics.
"Look at this fabric, the process of nine dip flat dyeing, the pure ancient dyeing, the dye of vegetable indigo. Uncle Zhang directly picked up the fabric that Su Qing was looking at and handed it to her eyes, motioning her to take it in her hand and take a closer look.
"As far as you can see this jacquard, the fabric of this craft has other colors, this cyan, wormwood dyeing. ”
took another one for Su Qing to compare.
Su Qing was very satisfied with the fabric in her hand, this was the very high-end and elegant dark blue in her mind, which was perfect for the secondary color part of her Hanfu.