In an obscure location, down an alley on the northwest side of downtown Suzhou, within sight of Tiger Hill is a tailor who has been identified by the expat community as the "Costume Tailor". Today mission after church was to order custom made costumes for Juliana and me.This area of town is called "Wedding Street" and it has hundreds of custom dress shops filled with white wedding gowns, red wedding gowns, and dresses of every bright color of the rainbow. You can wander down endless alleys and find shop after shop filled with dresses.
This tailor shop had three women at sewing machines and a floor covered with scraps of fabric, linen, and buntings. They have a couple of tattered costume catalogs from Germany or can reproduce any picture or sketch that you bring. Halloween is Saturday, so the tailor has four days to make our costumes from scratch. Cost will be $20 USD each and they said "no problem" to have them ready by Thursday.
Last year, our office had a costume competition and the employees really got into it. All I wore was one of the kids' silly wigs. This year I am putting a little more effort into the costume - or at least having the tailor put in some more effort. I'll leave you guessing on the costumes until Friday or Saturday when I can post pictures.
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Just found out I get to be Uncle Fester at work. Unfortunately, I can see the resemblance.
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