Dezhou Evening News all-media reporter Yuan Minghui photographed Zhao Huhao
Winter is approaching, and the chill is getting thicker. On November 4, at a small custom clothing store on Qindian Street, two old-fashioned sewing machines were operating at the same time, and the familiar rumbling sound was incessant. Seeing a customer come in, the owner Li Jing hurriedly greeted him, but the work in hand did not idle.
Cutting, ironing, shaping... The shopkeeper, Li Jing, sat intently in front of her polished sewing machine, skilfully repeating each process. Pieces of cloth of different shapes were made into exquisite costumes by Li Jing's skillful hands.
Li Jing told reporters that every autumn and winter is the custom peak season, she has to sit in front of the sewing machine from dawn to dark, if the simple clothing can be made a day, encounter complex processes may take more than two days to make.
She said that the process of clothing production mainly includes: style conception, measurement of size, selection of fabrics, cutting, sewing, etc., each step is pure handmade, requiring fine workmanship, patience to do things. Tailoring should be cut according to the orientation of the fabric pattern ornamentation, yarn direction, sewing, ironing and other processes also have very strict and specific requirements, but also with buttons, according to the clothing to choose the right button, is the final finishing touch. After a garment is made, the appearance is so natural that the needles and stitches are not visible.
Making clothes is also a craft, Li Jing fell in love with the cutting and sewing technology, and insisted on it for 25 years.
Citizen Ms. Sun is an old customer of Li Jing's clothing store, for six or seven consecutive years in this small shop custom cashmere sweater, she told reporters: "Because the elderly are not standard, so every new year at the New Year will be customized for the family, customized more fitting, more styles, more in line with the preferences of the elderly." ”
Ms. Zhao is a nostalgic person, in her view, handmade private customization is a special way, retaining the most original "taste". "Customization is unique, handmade customization is precious to me, and gift-giving also has a strong heart."
Li Jing said that middle-aged and elderly people are regular customers in her store, "however, recently more and more young people are also keen to buy cashmere sweaters." "Custom clothing needs to be tailored, and can be used to promote strengths and avoid weaknesses through style and color processing, or require unconventional lengths and shortens in the measurement. At the same time, you can also inject fashion elements, combine the fashion elements highlighted in the world brand you understand with your favorite personality pursuit, reflect personality in the trend, and achieve the pleasure of participating in creativity through the performance of details, such as the requirements of pasting the letters with their own surnames and zodiac logos. ”
Compared with the monotonous basic model, the production cycle of young styles of coats is longer and the process is more complicated, but hearing the praise of young customers, Li Jing said: "No matter how troublesome it is, you have to do it seriously." The more new customers, the longer the store can operate. ”