chinoi

the problem with wearing cheongsams is obvious. if it's too plain, you risk looking like wait staff in a chinese restaurant. if it's too elaborate, you'll receive no end of questions and comments from others (the dress wasn't even elaborate but painfully plain). it's funny that it's the case for asians, eh? do caucasians experience such 'discrimination' when they wear these garments?

i do not have a pic of me wearing the above dress. it's been a favourite for years. i recycle my cheongsams (a total of 4 in my entire collection, most of them sleeveless) like nobody's business. i had a cream skirt suit that's become too risque and tiny for me. i custom-made it numerous suns and moons ago.  i have a set of ao dai somewhere in the cupboards. i'm too chicken sh:t to wear  them, they're the colour of candy pink and pure white. an ex-colleague got them for me when he toured vietnam.  

i wish i'd tailor-make some dresses or suits when i visited shanghai 5 years back. i could've had all the uniqueness i'd wanted w/o having to pay too much. i'm liking some of the dresses made by this store. i'm too chicken sh:t to wear some of the colours. except on my digits. haha.