Chapter 1336 Fengguan Xiapei
Here at Yunyuan, all the guests who came to congratulate were amazed by the splendor of the traditional wedding.
In the high-end apartment on the 18th floor of the Pierre Cardin Hotel, Keiko Matsumoto and her family were also intoxicated by their daughter's gorgeous mascot costume.
Matsumoto Keiko’s clothes today were all made by Su Jin’s father, the old tailor Su Shenzhen.
Although Lao Su is not famous now, he is a true sewing master secretly hidden.
Why do you say that?
Because the Su family’s craftsmanship actually has a long history.
Most of the relatives and friends of the Su family only know that Su Shenzhen worked as a tailor for a period of time in the famous suit store Raymond Clothing Store in Beijing in the 1950s. Many people think that he learned his tailoring skills there. Come.
But in fact, the ancestral sewing skills of the Su family originated from the palace ban.
Yes, the Su family’s ancestral home is Suzhou, Jiangnan, and they originally had ancestral needlework skills.
But to be honest, the Su family's craftsmanship is not outstanding at this time. Among the tailor masters in Jiangnan, they can only be regarded as outstanding, but not the top ones.
But the Su family was lucky, and it was a coincidence. Their ancestors made several new clothes for the emperor when Qianlong went to Jiangnan. The emperor was very happy to meet him, and as a result, his skills were favored by the emperor.
Qianlong decreed that his ancestors be selected into the palace and brought back to the capital. Since then, the Su family has changed their household registration and was forced to become a tailor for the Guangchu Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. They had to come from Jiangnan Moved to the capital and settled down.
In this way, the Su family's needlework skills, which originally originated from the private sector, were trained by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and their vision, techniques, requirements, and standards increased simultaneously, and gradually established a foothold in the clothing industry of Guangchu Division of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
Coupled with the carefulness of southerners, the euphemism and exquisiteness of their workmanship are not comparable to that of northern craftsmen.
So after several generations of hard work, the Su family gradually emerged and became more and more popular.
In the Cixi period, even when clothing production was at its most prosperous, with as many as two to three hundred craftsmen, the Su family's craftsmanship was equally outstanding and became the favorite of the old Buddha.
Later, it was not until the Republic of China that the Su family was expelled from the palace because of Puyi and lived among the people.
Although the Su family no longer has official positions, their craftsmanship is still there. Su Shenzhen's father even married an embroiderer who also fled the palace.
The couple thus combined the splendor of "Gong Embroidery" and "Suzhou Embroidery" into one, and this was the foundation of their lives.
After that, it didn't take long for them to create a new world among the big houses with their superb craftsmanship that was far beyond the comparison of others, and they were sought after and favored by the wives and ladies of wealthy families.
I once again lived a prosperous and prosperous life.
The people who asked the Su family to make clothes at that time were all from wealthy families, because they wanted his exquisite workmanship and high reputation.
In this way, Su Shen learned crafts from his parents since he was a child, and developed a good craftsmanship. The finished products he made by himself in his prime were even better than his father's in terms of texture, color, and workmanship. shock.
He even knew how to keep pace with the times. Seeing the popularity of suits, he went to find a job in a western-style clothing store and learned to make Western-style dresses and skirts from a foreign master.
But it is a pity that after liberation, Su Shen needle had no use.
Because the new life destroys the old and creates the new, advocating frugality.
Both traditional clothing and suits have gradually faded out of people's lives.
Although Tailor Su had a pair of ingenious hands that could turn a piece of white cloth into colorful flowers, he no longer had the opportunity to use this method.
So in desperation, in order for the whole family to have food to eat, Lao Su had no choice but to end his freelance career and go to the government to find a job.
After that, everyone knows his resume. Su Shenzhen first went to Raymond Suit, and then was transferred to the Queensland Theater Company to be responsible for helmet repair.
Until he got sick, he was unable to work due to nephritis and almost became a disabled person.
So, the Su family has always been a famous fashion design house in Beijing, if we look at its origins.
Absolutely complete with historical roots, family roots, and social roots.
In terms of ability, Su Shenzhen is undoubtedly an expert among experts.
Not only is he well versed in the techniques of Suzhou embroidery and Beijing embroidery, but he is also proficient in formal wear, suits, Jifu, and cheongsam.
If he is an intellectual, then it must be said that he has learned both Chinese and Western knowledge.
If he is a person who studies cultural relics, he must be a generalist who is proficient in various fields.
If he is a skilled craftsman, he is definitely a master craftsman with top artistic level.
Think about it, what would the clothes made by a tailor like this look like?
What's more, from a human perspective, Ning Weimin was kind to the Su family.
If Ning Weimin hadn't set up a sewing club in Meishi Street, Su Jin would have quit her pedicure job and have a career.
Not to mention that Su Shenzhen can maintain good health, maybe the others are gone now, and they will have turned into smoke along the chimney of Babao Mountain.
Then why is he not careful and dedicated?
In fact, Su Shen's needle is indeed worthy of the skills he has learned in his life, and he is also worthy of the kindness of the ancestors of the Su family and Ning Weimin.
Although it stands to reason that this traditional Jifu with embroidery work, the normal production cycle would take several months.
But it took him twenty days to start tailoring.
Not only is it fast, but the work is also precise.
The bright red seawater Jiangya auspicious robe, the red satin phoenix wearing peony embroidered skirt, the tasseled Xia pei, and the embroidered shoes inlaid with gems are all made by Su Shen's meticulous needlework, and even incorporate Western three-dimensional The tailoring technique makes this suit more fitted, making it appear slimmer and more graceful.
Even the graphic patterns on the Jifu are embroidered stitch by stitch by Su Shen using the "flat gold seeding" embroidery method in Beijing embroidery.
This embroidery method is extraordinary because it uses real gold twisted threads to form patterns or seeds on them.
Very exquisite and luxurious.
So it is conceivable that with the abundant financial support of Ning Weimin, Su Shenzhen used all his skills and went all out to make this bridal auspicious suit how beautiful it is.
Let's put it this way, if we look at it as a work of art, let alone putting it bluntly, this set of clothes is amazing enough even when hung.
If you want to talk about luxury goods, in France, it can be sold for at least the price of a hundred sets of Dior.
Even in the domestic clothing industry, it is equivalent to the status of Liu Yongqing's antique porcelain in the porcelain industry, and Jiang Sanchang's or Putao Chang's tableware in the tableware industry.
A real deal, there is no doubt that it is a fine set of Chinese traditional clothing. It is a rare and beautiful oriental style retro clothing.
It not only respects tradition, but also has some innovations.
To be honest, this thing just didn’t let Yves Saint Laurent see it.
Otherwise, he might be inspired again and come up with a series of luxurious Chinese-style clothing.
This is really not a lie, because you only need to look at the reaction of the bride's family to know.
In fact, when this set of clothes was delivered the night before the wedding, Keiko Matsumoto's family liked it very much. Although these clothes were so unfamiliar to her, Matsumoto Keiko couldn't wait to try on these costume-like outfits.
She specially found two full-length mirrors, increased the lights in the room, and looked around.
Peonies wearing phoenixes, wealth and fertility, hundreds of birds facing the phoenix, melons and melons, all kinds of brocade patterns are colorful and exquisite, making her happy and happy.
As for her parents, they couldn't hide their stunned expressions of leisurely fascination. They didn't expect that, unlike the holy "white white" of Japanese brides, such a hot and hot red could be so beautiful.
And when their daughter puts it on, how can she tell that she is Japanese?
Complete, pure, an oriental goddess born in China.
It’s like a figure who stepped out of a painting of a lady.
Exceptionally unreal.
But that's nothing. If you have clothes, you must have a crown. Fengguanxiapei is a set of things.
Xialei refers to the accessories worn, not the style of clothing, but something like a shawl.
The phoenix crown is the crown worn by the bride, and it still has the crown of a phoenix.
Only these two things together are the complete Chinese bride's auspicious dress, and they are also a symbol of the wife of the Ming matchmaker.
Since ancient times, concubines have no right to wear this.
Therefore, it was inevitable that Ning Weimin had to order a set of phoenix crown head and face for Matsumoto Keiko.
However, when it comes to this thing, it is even more complicated than the bridal auspicious dress.
Although the styles of different dynasties and generations are different, the only thing in common is complexity.
If you really look at the difficulty of the process, you can pick one out at random, and even if a professional does it, it won’t be possible for two or three months.
But the good thing is that Ning Weimin has a wide range of contacts in the industrial art industry, and his business covers a wider range of areas.
The people he entrusted were all real experts, and his face was very valuable.
This job was originally done by the gold wire inlay factory, and this factory just took over a big job from him, worth three million yuan, to customize the pure gold "Taixu Illusion" Son.
As a factory owner, although I feel that this Fengguan job is too urgent, I neither dare to refuse it nor ignore it.
So after discussions with experienced senior technicians and master craftsmen in the factory, and full communication and discussion with Su Shenzhen, who was in charge of garment making.
In the end, they came up with a solution, that is, the bride's phoenix crown and harem should be in accordance with the Qing Dynasty standard.
Because that is the most simplified and improved version in history.
Like Xiapei in the Qing Dynasty, it has basically been simplified into a waistcoat-like thing, and the material is also stiff.
The bodice becomes wider, the left and right panels are merged, the back panel is added, there are patches on the chest, and the pendant is changed to tassels.
The phoenix crown of the Qing Dynasty was also the phoenix crown with the most economical materials and the simplest style among all dynasties.
It is different from the traditional crowns of the Tang, Song and Ming dynasties that were full of pearls and emeralds.
It became a head and face jewelry based on the hairpin that fixed the hair, inlaid with pearls, jade and various gemstones, and used gold and silver flakes to make a crest shape.
However, although it is much smaller, it is still exquisite and extremely luxurious.
The advantage is that this not only saves labor, effort and materials, but also allows the filigree inlay factory to make things in time.
And for the bride, it is easy to wear and still affordable.
Otherwise, if we really follow the style of crown decoration in the Tang, Song, and Ming Dynasties, we would actually use real gold, silver, jade, pearls, gems... these things.
Wearing it is gorgeous enough, but it can cause pain on the bride's neck.
Just like the headdress of the Miao people, it costs at least several kilograms.
Not only is it hard on people’s necks, but it is also inconvenient to move around.
Anyway, even if we hurry up and hurry up, the phoenix crown needed for Keiko Matsumoto’s glorious wedding will still be completed on the morning of the wedding, and the filigree inlay factory will send someone to Peel urgently. Came from Caton Hotel.
But then again, as the saying goes, good things take a long time, and waiting for this thing is definitely worth it.
Because this thing looks so beautiful!
Although the contemporary traditional craft of using kingfisher feathers to "dot the green" has been lost, using cloisonne pieces to replace the kingfisher's Turkish blue feathers can barely catch up to 70% of the effect.
< br>Coupled with the crest and tassels made of pure gold and the capital's unique filigree method, it is still extremely beautiful and exquisite, far beyond the imagination of the world.
Especially when this phoenix crown was correctly placed on Matsumoto Keiko’s head through the hands of the stylist and under the joint guidance of Song Huagui and people from the filigree inlay factory.
Everyone immediately discovered that when viewed from different angles, this phoenix crown shimmered in different colors.
Banana moon, lake blue, navy blue, emerald green, they seem not to be on earth, but as if they come from the sky...
And Keiko Matsumoto, who is wearing this thing, does not need to pose or figure anything at all.
Just standing there, he showed his unparalleled elegance and dazzled everyone.
Not to mention that even Keiko Matsumoto’s parents were overjoyed when they saw their daughter dressed like this and fell in love with her more and more.
Even Ning Weimin, who came to pick up the bride, froze in shock when he saw Matsumoto Keiko dressed in this way.
Then both hands couldn't help but raise their thumbs.
Maybe it’s because she is dressed like this and Matsumoto Keiko with a subtle smile is really beautiful.
Even in front of his son-in-law, Han Changzi, who had always been modest, went out of his way and spared no effort to praise his daughter.
"It's so beautiful, so beautiful. Qingzi, you look like a real princess wearing this beautiful jewelry. You are really suitable for wearing Chinese clothes."
Finished He was so excited that he wiped his tears with a handkerchief.
Han Yingming couldn't help shouting because of the jewels on the phoenix crown, "Oh, Qingzi, the jewelry on your head is really a wonderful treasure. It is the most exquisite jewelry I have ever seen in my life. If you wear it If you take it back to Japan, even the royal family will be jealous of you."
Even Ning Weimin was not much better, and suddenly something came to his mind-"There are thousands of people searching for him. Suddenly looking back, I was in a dimly lit place." Such words came.
It’s really strange.
Obviously, they are already married to each other. They have been living together for two years. It is said that they have become stale and their relationship should have calmed down.
But Matsumoto Keiko standing here at this moment can still make him so obsessed that he forgets everything.
It made him forget about the guests in Yunyuan, the special arrangements he had made for Teresa Teng, and even made him forget that their wedding also served as a filming task for the movie, and the members of the crew were still waiting for them to go back early. Get to work.
Yes, he only has eyes for his wife Keiko Matsumoto.
She is so gorgeous!
So brilliant!
So noble!
Almost worth anything in this world...