Shanghai Fabric Market

We finally made it to the fabric market! Pretty much every foreigner we've come across has told us we have to go....so finally we caved.

It is pretty sweet. You can find any kind of fabric here from rayon to cashmere to animal fur....they got it all.

You can have anything made here as well. There were numerous men being fitted for dress shirts, women trying on formal gowns, one dude I talked to had picked out a style of jacket he liked and was then picking out what kind of leather he wanted to use to make it. It takes about an hour and his jacket will be done.

We ran into the two chicks we hung out with in the Philippines and they have us some good tips.

Sarah was very impressed that every shop had very current styles of coats, dresses and shirts.....but I guess these days it's easy to get online and copy anything out there.

We were on the hunt for some fabric to use to cover the ugly couches in our living room. To give you an idea of prices- we are spending about $100. That gets you fabric for three couches and a tailor to your house to measure and sew them up.

I'm going back tomorrow with my favorite woven shirt and am going to have a few copies made.

Here are some pics of the place. It's not all fun and games though. There were some people out front selling animal furs that were colored to look like tiger stripes or other wild animals that David said are fakes. I saw the hides though and they were made of something real....as much as I hate to say it, probably dogs.