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香港 Hong Kong
小蘭 (香港) Siu Lan (Hong Kong) 古裝時着 Old-Fashioned Wearables 中山裝、青年裝、孖襟、西裝、道袍、旗袍、剪紙、錄音 Zhong Shan tunic wear, working man’s wear, double-breasted wear, western suit wear, Taoist robe wear, qipao wear, paper cuttings, conversation recordings 尺寸可變 Dimensions variable 2017 藝術家簡歷 Artist bio
小蘭前半生住潮陽鄕郊時已經喜歡做衣服，能目測別人穿的款式做自己的剪裁。1980年來港，後半生在製衣廠當車衣女工。退休後開始造一些東西擺檔，踏入七旬重拾年少時興趣，推出一糸列「古裝時著」的衣服，在藝墟市集擺賣，深受歡迎，享有「小蘭訂造・至fit至pro」的美譽。 Siu Lan loves making clothes since she was a young girl, living in the countryside of Chao Yang District in Guangdong Province. Back then, she could just look at the style of a person’s outfit and create her own patterns. Siu Lan moved to Hong Kong in 1980 and spent the second half of her life working as a seamstress at a garment factory. After retirement, she began selling small items she made. She picked up her childhood interests of making clothes again in her 70s and launched a series of “old-fashioned wearables”, introducing them at various art and handicraft markets, and earned the reputation of ‘Siu Lan tailoring – fittest and professional’. 小蘭訂造 Tailor Made by Siu Lan https://www.facebook.com/groups/1695254510686752 |
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五十年前，汕頭的名人會去鄕下找我訂造衣服。
這些古裝，如今鄕下的人不會穿。
香港有那麼多優秀的人，藝術界竟然會那麼支持我。
眼看人的身型、心想衣的款式，
寫下尺寸，便動手。
人胖做窄點、人瘦做闊點，
因人而造。
把自己放低一點，會開心一點。
Fifty years ago, celebrities in Shantow would go to the countryside to ask me to make clothes for them.
The people in the countryside now wouldn’t wear those old-fashioned clothes.
There are so many smart people in Hong Kong, I am thankful that the art world is so supportive of me.
With my eyes, I look at the body;
With my heart, I think of a style;
After I wrote down the measurements,
I would begin to work, without hesitation.
For a fuller body, I will make a tighter fit.
For a slimmer body, I will make a looser fit.
I tailor my clothes according to the individual.
I always say, keep oneself lower. That way, you will feel happier.
這些古裝，如今鄕下的人不會穿。
香港有那麼多優秀的人，藝術界竟然會那麼支持我。
眼看人的身型、心想衣的款式，
寫下尺寸，便動手。
人胖做窄點、人瘦做闊點，
因人而造。
把自己放低一點，會開心一點。
Fifty years ago, celebrities in Shantow would go to the countryside to ask me to make clothes for them.
The people in the countryside now wouldn’t wear those old-fashioned clothes.
There are so many smart people in Hong Kong, I am thankful that the art world is so supportive of me.
With my eyes, I look at the body;
With my heart, I think of a style;
After I wrote down the measurements,
I would begin to work, without hesitation.
For a fuller body, I will make a tighter fit.
For a slimmer body, I will make a looser fit.
I tailor my clothes according to the individual.
I always say, keep oneself lower. That way, you will feel happier.
