The price of the suit was about $140. CDN. The fabric is very nice - a wool and silk blend. It would have been cheaper if we had gone to the wholesale warehouse and purchased the fabric ourselves and taken it to the tailor. At present we don't know where the warehouse is. One of the other teachers is supposed to take Bob and show him. We just looked at swatches at the tailor's shop and the tailor purchased from the warehouse and doubled the price of the fabric.
A good bargainer might get a better deal. I hate bargaining.
The price of clothing in the stores varies greatly. There are big stores with exclusive designer brands that are very expensive - maybe even more expensive than at home.
There are small shops that are less expensive. Then there are the open markets. We purchased North Face jackets for about $40 CDN at one of the markets. A friend purchased a North Face at a shop here in Nanjing for about $50 CDN but the jacket wasn't as nice as the ones we bought.
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That is an amazing price for a nice suit! Maybe Darwin will have to get a new one when we get there. :)
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