6.2012 China - 旗袍篇

Now where shall I start to record all the wonderful things that had just happened in the past month while we were taking a month long vacation back in China? Yes, that custom made QiPao dress I bought this time.
I'm eager to wear it and show it to my friend, but I can't, not yet. I've gained 6lb since they custom made that dress, measuring me from head to knees, to my shoulder, to my chest, to my upper chest, to my neck, to my arm, to my arm around, to my waist, to my hip, to my upper hip... The dress lady definitely measured a few more places on me, but I can't remember them. It fits me like a glove, but not any more due to the extra 6 pound of meat I've gained from eating all those delicious and endless dishes. If I insist myself in it, I'm afraid it will break at the seam around the hip place, and there will be no way I can lower myself into a sitting position in that dress! No, a dress elegant like QiPao shall be worn with ease and comfort too. My first goal after coming back is now easily set, to start dieting, to excercise and lose weight. I'm hoping to start as early as tomorrow, if I can get a better night of sleep tonight, say better than last night, when I slept a mere 4 hrs from 11PM to 3AM.





I will add a picture here later, me in that dress.



I think QiPao has such a intriguing beauty in it, classic, elegant, sexy, and in the mean time, under-toned.That's what I like and qualities I like in other things as well.



When I went searching for a QiPao in the back street of Xi'an nearing Drum tower, it was kind of disappointing, as there weren't many fabric prints and patterns that caught my eye. Eighty percent of them were the traditional silky ones in traditional prints. I simply want a less formal, easy to wear, pretty one. If it were in those traditional pattern and fabrics, I doubt if there could be a single chance I can wear and show it off. I have this friend who's from ShangHai. Everytime she went back for a visit, she will custom made several pieces of Qipao, all different with comfortable fabric and lovely prints. I envied her so much. I loved her price as well, something like 200 RMB. Mine cost 300RMB, which is still reasonable for a custom made dress, if it's in a print I adore. My final selection was still not ideal. The fabric was stiff, the print is ok, but this is the best I can make myself in wearing, given the limited selections. Still, I love it when it was on me, exactly the feeling and look I imagined. I just love QiPao.