Wang Xiaofeng has spent 11 years working as a seamstress2. She’s employed by the Shanghai Unite Gold Textile Garment Company in Suzhou, which occupies a small site a few stories high in a building overlooking one of ...Wang Xiaofeng has spent 11 years working as a seamstress2. She’s employed by the Shanghai Unite Gold Textile Garment Company in Suzhou, which occupies a small site a few stories high in a building overlooking one of the city’s many famous canals. The tiny factory specializes in wedding dresses, which a handful of seamstresses can turn around3 in as quickly as ten days, depending on the amount of fabric. But Wang’s spent the past seven months working not on a wedding gown but an engagement dress.展开更多
文摘Wang Xiaofeng has spent 11 years working as a seamstress2. She’s employed by the Shanghai Unite Gold Textile Garment Company in Suzhou, which occupies a small site a few stories high in a building overlooking one of the city’s many famous canals. The tiny factory specializes in wedding dresses, which a handful of seamstresses can turn around3 in as quickly as ten days, depending on the amount of fabric. But Wang’s spent the past seven months working not on a wedding gown but an engagement dress.