At the tailor Kimbi had two dresses and a jacket made. And at the leather maker a rather nice handbag and two pairs of shoes.

I had a white linen three piece suit made and at the leather maker I got a set off motorbike saddlebags.

When you have anything made for you in Vietnam you really need to sit down and communicate clearly with the designer about what it is you want otherwise you can get all sorts of quirks with your order. Kimbi must have tried on her dresses about 4 times so they could get things right – and unfortunately it was so hot in the tailor that you just poured out sweat the moment that you put any additional item of clothing on, let along a full dress or jacket or three piece suit.

At the leather merchant I sat down with pencil and paper and drew the style of saddlebag I was after. We then spent time going through google image search to find pictures and schematic drawings and I even found a how to make video for them.

We went back the next day so we could see how they went and…
They were fucking unreal! They looked absolutely brilliant! We could not believe that from a crappy little sketch and some photos that they were able to have made them so well! Well worth the effort and well done to the leather merchant! – They have been on my bike for a few days now and are making life much much easier and more awesome.

The tailor was one of 5 sisters and her family had the leather merchant store that we went to. We kept them very happy and in business:

Nhi Nhi custom tailor and design
82 le loi st, Hoi An – Vietnam

Hieu Giay shoes shop, 82 Bach dang st, Hoi An – Vietnam