Traditional Chinese Dressmaking Techniques are COOL (A 1930s Qipao ft. Claire Zhang)

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⤠ TIMESTAMPS ⤟
0:00 - Intro (Meet Claire!)
1:07 - Qipao Patterning (genius)
3:50 - Using Vintage Fabric
5:05 - Prepping for Construction
5:22 - Making Jiàng Hú Starch
7:44 - Crunchifying the Fabric
10:29 - Creating Bias Trim
14:37 - Cutting the Dress
18:46 - Blocking into Shape
21:48 - Basting & First Fitting
23:26 - Adding the Bias Trim
25:08 - Warping Around the Curves
26:42 - Detachable Collar
28:50 - Making the Buttons (actual magic)
33:02 - Adding the Buttons
33:58 - Final Dress Reveal
35:16 - Outro & Credits
36:06 - jog jog jog