I didn't know that they were all tailored separately; as a shopper used to getting ready-made clothes, buying fabrics to get them tailored never even crossed my mind.
In India, most women buy fabrics at fabric stores and bring them to tailors - apparently this is much cheaper than buying ready-mades.
For some reason, I expected getting clothes tailored would be more expensive, despite inexpensive labor.
So yesterday, I went to a fabric store called Amber with Brooke, Priya (Brooke's host sister), and Brooke's host mom.
We got materials for scarves because we didn't know what we wanted to get tailored - maybe a salwar kameez or even a saree!
We then went to handicraft stores and different malls to check out more fabrics.
Although I've been in India for more than 3 months now, it seems as if India has something new to offer everyday.
I can't think of any days that I haven't encountered something unfamiliar - actually, I should emphasize the fact that those unfamiliar encounters are more than familiar now!
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A little update on current situation-
As I've mentioned in previous posts, our train trip to Hyderabad was cancelled (if it wasn't, I would be there at the moment) and I was disappointed.
However, at the moment, it is one of the highest alerted cities in India - I'm glad that the trip was cancelled!
We are not allowed to go to Cafe Coffee Day, which is the hot gathering spot for foreigners; but the Park Hotel was opened up for us the other day.
We have two weeks left, and I'm looking forward to making the best out of it.
I can't believe that it's only two weeks now, because I feel like I just came back from our Rajasthan trip (it was in October).
Christmas is also coming up....!
seoyeun
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