While here in Guangzhou, I've visited several markets to find some neckties as well as fabrics and accessories. Its amazing what you can find here if you set out to look for it. Its no joke when they say everything is made in China. I've found some nice neckties and a manufacture that can produce all sorts of ties in any color I can imagine. Today, I visited the fabric and accessories market. A new graduate of fashion school who is an up-and-coming fashion designer in the US doing most their shopping at Micheal's or Discount Fabrics would find this place orgasmic, to say the least. Spools upon spools of threads, fabrics of all sorts imaginable, buttons, belt clips and buckles, patches and heat transfer designs....its all here. I have a feeling I'll be making many more visits to this market. I spent about 3 or 4 hours walking around and collecting swatches and I think I only covered 30% of the Market area. And thats a modest guesstimation since every time you turn a corner or think you hit the end there is another underground shopping area or another floor of a building that never ends....
One of my favorite things about the markets in China is the street food. If I ever need energy or a quick break there is always something cooking up around the corner. I wonder if fabric markets in Milan offer Pizza or Pasta or Arancini (my favorite but from Sicily) for less than a buck right next to the Italian super 150's or or other weaves... probably not.
