The clerk took a thick catalog from beside her and opened it. "These designs were drawn by the Master of Attire specially invited by our Luoyuan Chamber of Commerce. The styles in this catalog are all widely beloved."
"Master of Attire?" Wei Fan raised a brow and began looking through it.
The clothing in this world was rather conservative, mostly long robes and gowns. Though the colors and fabrics were luxurious, they still made Wei Fan, with his modern sense of aesthetics, feel uncomfortable. They lacked character.
"Yingying, is there any style you like in here?" Wei Fan asked.
This trip was mainly to buy clothes for Wei Yingying.
As for himself, these clothes were clearly unsuitable and inconvenient for fighting.
When he transformed, his body swelled drastically, and these delicate fabrics would be torn apart in an instant.
"Brother, pick for me. Whatever you think looks good is fine!" Wei Yingying said with a smile.
"All right!" Wei Fan looked through the entire catalog, but failed to find any clothes that satisfied him.
After thinking it over, Wei Fan asked, "Can you cut the fabric and make clothes according to my ideas?"
Wei Fan intended to design an outfit himself. Based on memories from his previous life, ancient-style qipaos, Hanfu, JK uniforms, and Lolita dresses all had their own distinct charm.
Moreover, Wei Yingying was naturally beautiful, a living clothes hanger. She would definitely look even prettier in those outfits.
"Make them according to your own ideas?" The female attendant was somewhat dumbfounded by the question. "You don't like these masters' works, sir?"
After all, few people made such a request. The masters' clothing styles were widely popular, and practically no one disliked them.
The professionally trained female attendant showed no displeasure and said with a smile, "Certainly, but the production price will increase by thirty percent."
"That won't be a problem!" Wei Fan nodded.
A single outfit cost around three taels of silver. Even with the increase, it would only be four taels. To most people, that price was rather expensive.
But Wei Fan now possessed a huge sum of eight hundred taels of silver, so he naturally did not care about such a small amount.
Hearing Wei Fan's lavish reply, a flash of surprise passed through the female attendant's eyes.
Then, the female attendant brought over paper and a brush. "Sir, you may draw the clothing style you want on this."
"Fine!" Wei Fan picked up the brush and began drawing from memory.
Although Wei Fan knew nothing about painting, his martial arts foundation gave him perfect control over his body, and the brush moved smoothly and naturally in his hand.
Seeing what Wei Fan was doing, quite a few women selecting fabrics nearby turned to look.
The female attendant looked over as well, but she did not believe Wei Fan would be able to draw any good clothing designs.
After all, Wushan Village was merely some backwater mountain hamlet. Many people spent their entire lives without seeing the outside world. How refined could their aesthetic sense possibly be?
Yet as she continued watching, the female attendant's expression gradually shifted from calm to surprised, then to shocked.
In about the time it took to drink a cup of tea, Wei Fan had drawn a ruqun from Hanfu.
The upper garment had narrow sleeves, a right-side lapel, and a rectangular crossed collar. The lower skirt was made from four panels of plain silk joined together, narrow at the top and wide at the bottom, pleated at the waist and tied with a silk sash.
This upper-garment-and-skirt style was understated and elegant, while also displaying a woman's graceful, soft figure to the fullest.
"Can you make it?" After finishing the drawing, Wei Fan looked at the female attendant.
"This..." The female attendant stared at the ruqun design Wei Fan had drawn, frozen where she stood.
"What is it?" Wei Fan frowned slightly. Could it be that the Hanfu from my memories doesn't suit this world's aesthetics?
The female attendant came to her senses and hurriedly bowed in apology. "I lost my composure, please forgive me. The clothing you drew is truly beautiful. There will be no problem making it, but it will take one day."
"I need three sets, in different colors," Wei Fan said.
"The deposit is five taels of silver. We will need to measure your younger sister's waist and height, and then select the fabric," the female attendant explained carefully.
After paying the deposit, Wei Fan chose comfortable fabrics and colors.
Once they were done, the two prepared to leave the cloth shop.
"Please wait, sir. May I ask if the outfit you drew has a name?" the female attendant hurriedly asked.
Wei Fan paused, then spoke two words. "Hanfu."
"Hanfu?" the female attendant murmured, her eyes filled with anticipation.
The Hanfu Wei Fan had drawn was so elegant that the finished product would surely be beautiful as well.
At this point, quite a few young women buying fabrics wanted to come over for a closer look.
The female attendant put away the paper and walked toward the inner room.
Wei Fan and Wei Yingying continued strolling around until they saw a shop ahead surrounded by a large crowd.
"There are a lot of people over there. Let's go take a look too!" Wei Fan's interest was immediately piqued.
A shop called Curio Pavilion was surrounded by many people.
"Come take a look! We have treasured curios discovered by the Luoyuan Chamber of Commerce across rivers and mountains, from north to south! Don't miss out!" a merchant with a handlebar mustache cried out.
"There are too many people. Wait here for me!" Wei Fan said.
"Mm!" Wei Yingying nodded.
Wei Fan squeezed into the crowd and saw all manner of strange and bizarre objects laid out on the stall.
In one corner, several ancient-looking books were piled together.
At the sight of them, Wei Fan's eyes lit up. "Let me look at those ancient books!"
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