Sunday, November 29, 2009

Micky for my custom made cheong sam

It has been a while since I last updated my progress.
I have decided to engage Micky Tan to custom made cheongsam. The reasons I selected her is because her reputation, her design and most importantly, she goes shopping with me to get the fabric. She is highly recommended in some forums.

Why do I need her to go shopping with me?
If I let her choose everything, I am just afraid that she might not get the lace I like. Because motifs on the lace is very important since I am having it all around the cheongsam.
If I choose the fabric by myself, I might not get the right material.
So the best way will be shopping together. ^_^

Few weeks ago, HTB and I went browsing at Jalan TAR. We saw many types of lace, ranging from 100+ to 500. Lace from Korea, Japan and most expensive will be french lace. That was the first time we survey on lace. Well, just as they said "What you pay is what you get."

Some of the motifs are very crowded. Some are scarce. Some with thick borders, some with thin border. The choices of lace are really amazing. I was only looking at black lace. White lace have more choices and larger range!!!

Anyway, there is a lace that we specially adore. The lace is fine and the motifs are scattered. The border is very attractive. Price ? RM495 per meter. That is actually the most expensive lace I we seen.

Today, we went shopping for fabric with Micky. We arrived at Jalan TAR about 2:30pm. We passed by Binwani first. I told Micky about the black french lace that we adore. We went in and had a look. Micky agreed that it is a very good quality and nice lace. We tried it on red satin. It look fabulour. Hehehehee...... Ms. Alice was the sales assistance who serviced us. The lace is at 20% discount during the sale. We got extra 5% as Micky is the regular customer there. Price per meter after discount will be RM371.

In our previous meeting, Micky said that she will need 2.5meters for my cheong sam. Binwani has 2 pieces in stock. 1 with 2m and 1 with 3.5m.
Micky suggested to have a look at other shop since this lace is pricey and the length is either too much or too short.

We went to another shop, looked at a few available black lace. Well, as expected, nothing can beat the first one. Once you seen the best one, others are not good enough. At that right moment, Micky thought of an idea to improvised. With the limited 2m lace, she can add black sheer chiffon to make the dress look more flair.

That is a brilliant idea. I can get the lace I like and with 0.5 meter less, I saved some cost. I agreed with Micky and so decided to return to Binwani get the 2m black lace. ^_^ Total cost us RM742 for the lace. We sat down to discuss the detail of the design and Micky took my measurement on the spot. Luckily Micky said that my body measurement is well propotionate, so my dress should not be a problem. Thank god I shed some pounds earlier. Better loose more, well, at lease not gaining any.

We later bought 2m of red dutchess satin from the 2nd shop. Cost RM100. That was almost about 50% discount. Further we will require 3m of chiffon and inner lining. We agreed that Micky can get those on my behalf. We gave her RM100 for it.

Well, the shopping finally ended and a very happy ending. Now, very excited about the end result. Hope it turn out well.