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| shopping in Oporto: the white is the taffeta |
I went to Oporto for a BlytheCon (my other hobby - sewing for Blythe Dolls), and I had this feeling I would find my white taffeta there. Oporto used to be a great city to shop for fabrics, as most of the Portuguese fabric manufacturing used to be in the North of the country. Both quaint, homely and luxury fabrics could be found, and they were quite affordable. Sadly that changed and now Oporto is pretty much reduced to two fabric shops, a Feira dos Tecidos franchise, which isn't as good as their Rossio shop in Lisbon, and Mundo dos Tecidos, which, surprisingly, I didn't know. This shop is there since at least the 80's, but, although every time I visit Oporto I go to fabric shops, and that shop is in the city centre, near Aliados Square, I never walked through that specific street before! Naturally I knew it was there, because I researched before travelling.
I only had one day to shop at street commerce, I arrived on a Friday, and was leaving the next Monday, which was a National holiday. Although I spent over one year looking for a very basic fabric, that used to be available everywhere, like white taffeta, it seems to be unpopular now, because there was none available in Lisbon. Not the cheap polyester kind, I think I found some really expensive silk taffeta in Campo de Ourique. Back to the business, yes! I found my white taffeta at Mundo dos Tecidos! Unfortunately They didn't have the quantity I needed, 5 meters, they only had 4,75. I'll have to make it work! COST €37,53.
+ I finally found my white taffeta, at an affordable price, and got to know a new old fabric shop. A good one at it!
- It's polyester, plastic, but who can afford silk? I don't. I wish I did. It's also barely enough for so many frills and a bit transparent.
THE CUNNING PLAN
Go to Feira dos Tecidos, in Lisbon, where they sell an affordable grosgrain that is the right colour for this costume.
[written in 27.11.2020]
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