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Couple of Yi nationality inherits the culture of ethnic clothing

2015-08-26    Source: People's Daily Online

 

 

 

Long Mei and Su Tao are busy with their fabric production line. (Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)

 

Su Tao and Long Mei is a couple of Yi nationality. They have their own ethnic apparel business at an innovation park in Guizhou. In 2012, they rent a house smaller than 130 square meters in Weining County and started their clothing business.

To begin with, they only had four sewing machine and five workers. In order to purchase high-quality fabric, Long Mei had to take trains and buses to go to other provinces. In August 2013, with the help and preferential policies from local government and business incubator, they moved to the innovation park, and officially became a registered company.

With their hardship, the ethnic clothes they designed and made are winning more and more recognition, and the business is becoming more and more prosperous. Their achievement is not only a realization of their dreams, but also help carrying forward the traditional national culture heritage.

 

SuTao discusses about the pattern on the clothes. Su Tao is in charge of designing, and his wife Long Mei is responsible for purchasing and ordering. (Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)

 

 

Long Mei and Su Tao are busy with their fabric production line. (Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)

 

 

Su Tao and Long Mei organized the clothes. (Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)

 

 

Long Mei carries clothing materials upstairs. (Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)

 

 

Long Mei collects clothes of ethnic minorities for inspiration. (Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)

 

 

Long Mei and her employee display the hanging decorations. (Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)