In terms of costume design, short clothes for women appeared for the first time. And the style of the wedding dress has also changed greatly, the long skirt is too expensive and can only be gradually shortened. Finally, there is the wedding dress with a short skirt design. Shanghai Tang was also affected by this atmosphere, and in the photos that recorded the details of the society at this time, it is not difficult to find that some brides wore short skirts when they got married.

However, such a short skirt design does not fit Qing Xiaoyi's figure, and Albert's rich man is not a person who is short of money. Therefore, the basic structure and style of the wedding dress is still Victorian.

Because Qing Xiaoyi's figure is not tall and belongs to the petite and delicate type, the high-waisted long skirt with vertical lines is extremely necessary. And because Chinese culture is not different from the West, the low neckline that was originally intended to be used is absolutely unusable. If anyone dares to use it, he will definitely use the skills of a martial arts master for the rest of his life to let him know why Hua'er is so popular.

Apart from these two, the other design requirements are not strict. Still, Mary followed tradition and designed an ankle-length wedding dress. The front panel is cut in a straight line, while the back panel is embellished with another floor-sweeping skirt. With such a skirt, when the woman walks in front of everyone, the skirt flutters lightly with the woman's steps. It's like walking on the clouds.

As for the tiara, Mary's designs are imaginative. Her headdress is exaggerated and huge, with diamond-encrusted flowers. Although it was extremely heavy, Qing Xiaoyi was reluctant to replace it after seeing the radiant diamond in the mirror. Completely ignoring the fact that this headdress could cover half of her face, and completely ignoring the fact that such a heavy thing was worn on her head, and her cervical spine could not bear it. As long as Albert's rich man's wallet can stand it, it is all negotiable.

However, because Yu Sheng and Qing Xiaoyi have perfect requirements for this wedding dress, the most expensive place is not on the diamond tiara but on the fabric used in the wedding dress. In this era, most of the wedding dresses were made of taffeta. Even Queen Victoria used nothing more than the finest brocade produced in China. However, since the wedding dress that he had seen in the rest of his life in later generations was not like this, he interjected and asked Mary, "Why is this lace used for decoration?" ”

Lace is a kind of fabric that can be machine-produced in later generations, and it is cheap enough to be used in the main body of the wedding dress. In this era, it is still mainly handmade! The price is extremely expensive.

The flower-shaped structure of lace was not produced by knitting or weaving before the Industrial Revolution. Rather, it is produced by hand twisting the yarn by man. Due to the hazy and gorgeous effect of its clothing and the long production time, the price is extremely high. In Europe in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, the use of wicks to weave lace became one of the sources of income for individual craftsmen and as a means of pastime for noble women.

It was not until 1809, after the invention of the lace loom by John Heathcoat, that the manufacture of lace entered the industrial age. This machine can produce very fine and regular hexagonal lace bases. The craftsman only needs to weave a pattern from a silk net. However, the manufacture of lace still requires specialized personnel.

Later, John Leavers built a complex lace-making machine based on the principles of the French jacquard loom. It consists of 40,000 parts and 50,000 threads, and needs to work from different angles. It can produce lace patterns and lace mesh. Due to the complexity of the machine, professional weavers are still required to manufacture the lace.

To make lace, a variety of threads are wound around a thumb-sized shuttle. Even if you weave a simple pattern, due to the complexity of the process, you need dozens or even hundreds of shuttles! A slightly larger, more complex pattern would require hundreds of shuttles!

Female weavers who weave lace will use different techniques such as weaving, knotting, and winding according to the pattern according to the need. And because of the complexity of the operation, it is impossible for everyone to operate the same. Lace weaving is like a human speaker, and there will be different styles, so it is unique!

And such lace weaving, although it is applied to the machine, is actually a manual operation of people! Even less complex patterns require a skilled worker, months of time. Moreover, after the high-grade lace weaving is completed, it will be dyed and dyed. It's going to take a while. If you really want cheap lace, you still need to wait for decades, or take Qing Xiaoyi back to the future for the rest of your life.

The lace made by this process is generally extremely expensive, and in Europe it is only affordable for royalty and nobles.

However, Mary's heart lit up when she heard Yu Sheng's suggestion. Suddenly, I realized the benefits of using lace as the main fabric. Noble and hazy, especially highlighting the temperament. So she rushed to contact her old friends in Europe, as far as she knew, because of the war. Many aristocrats in England and France could no longer afford lace. The lace weavers have been laid off for a long time and are in danger of starvation.

Looking around, Mary really found a French lace workshop. There is a large section of lace fabric that can be completed with all the processes just to be dyed. This was originally a fabric made by a French nobleman. However, when the Germans invaded, they went to England with the ship. I didn't even ask for a deposit, and I couldn't find it. And the six female workers in this workshop have been hungry for several days.

As a result, Mary bought this large section of lace fabric for less than one-fifth of the pre-war price. It was used in Qing Xiaoyi's wedding dress.

With fabrics and designs, it doesn't take much time to cut and make. Several of Mary's assistants were experienced journeymen, and the machines and equipment were also flown in. Half a month after He Qing Xiaoyi determined the style of the wedding dress, he rushed out the wedding dress.

And this wedding dress always has to be tried on to know where it should be modified. After Qing Xiaoyi put on the fiery wedding dress, she felt that this was not the style she had seen in the newspaper and in various photos. Even though it's a Victorian-style design, the details are completely different. Qing Xiaoyi looked at herself in the mirror and was stunned for a while.

Mary next to her looked at Qing Xiaoyi wearing a wedding dress, and she was already happy that she couldn't find the north. This is the most successful work she has been working in for more than ten years. She is very sure that Qing Xiaoyi's wedding dress, which does not hesitate to work, will definitely be famous all over the world with her name!