Dr. Rasheed advised us to go to Sally’s Tailor shop at the Yashow Clothing Mart in Beijing to get suits, shirts or dresses made to our measurements. With Dr. Rasheed’s help, we were able to get suits made for 700 yuan (about $100) and dress shirts for 100 yuan (about $15). I believe these prices are a good bit lower than what they would usually settle for, but even their regular prices would beat the competition back home by a mile.
Dr. Rasheed told us to request Jenny or Oscar when we got there. Fortunately, they were in the shop. We showed them our professor’s business card and they took care of us. Several of us had clothes made there, and the results were fantastic. I got a couple of cotton dress shirts and the fit is excellent and the shirts are extremely well made. Some class members got suits, and a few had beautiful dresses made.
They needed 24 hours turnaround time on the shirts, and three days on the suits. So if you’re going to do this, head to the clothing mart on your first full day in Beijing.
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- Oscar
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- Jenny
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- Phil considers getting a suit made
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- Crystal and Carly in their element
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- Silk
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- Eric gets measured
