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Today I went to two dressmakers--one recommended by the teachers at Dipangkorn, the other the wife of the carpenter who made my bookshelf.
Above you see my measurements and a drawing (collaboration--her artistry, based on my description). Mostly we communicated with hand signals and my crude drawings; I think she did very well at capturing my concept. Now we'll see how it turns out in real fabric (pink silk!) and in my size (not as drawn).
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The other dressmaker, a former student at Dipangkorn, is a tiny person, seemed very confident that she can make me look nice in a Thai style jacket and skirt. She also seemed confident that she can get both out of the fabric in the package (also silk, the gift of our hostess at Ubon, the sister of our teacher OnAnong. It's packaged as a "kit": enough patterned silk and plain coordinating silk to make a suit).
This woman's shop was much more formally decked out with wish-books and samples. I chose the jacket as shown on the right in the glossy photo...
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