Chinese Dressies

When I had to pick out my Chinese dress, also known as a qipao or cheong sam, I knew I wanted it red. I knew I wanted it red plus the fewer colors there were on the pattern the better. I also realized I wanted a lucky Chinese red rather than a darker burgundy shade of red. You know, Chinese red is similar to the shade of lucky red envelopes. I'm more warm than cool when it comes to my skin tone.

Shopping with my aunt wasn't successful for me but it was for my mom. She found herself a purple qipao and I got to try on this:





Really now, it was a really good fit. I looked taller cause the pattern was vertical from neck to my feet but... I didn't like the pattern. It was too vertical. (The bottom hem of the dress had no other patterns other than the ziggy zaggy you see here). This was when my mom and aunt and the sales lady all insisted that it looked great on me and I should get it. Stephen had a good eye and he agreed that the pattern wasn't stunning even though the fit was good. So I declined it. I didn't love it. They were a little surprised but I told myself I could find better - and I did.

After some time shopping, my aunt brought us over to her place. She gave me her daughter's dress to try on. It was nice but it didn't work out:

So what did I end up with? I rather not show the dress but from my last post about Chinese dresses, I can say it has those buttons like the last pic on that post. It's a lucky Chinese red with gold print, sleeveless with collar. Now use your uber imagination and you'll see it lol.

This is mango sushi from SUSHIWA which is like a block from my house. Their sushi is really good, really fresh. Just decided to share the pic for a nice splash of color... for all you sushi lovers.