We're just waiting for the train
Wer'e heading to Dongdaemun
I think that's how you say it
Its an area with lots of fabrics and textiles
Its just like a fashion area
So yes, we're really excited to go and check that out
The place that has the fabrics is like a big shopping mall
with 9 levels of different fabrics
and different floors with different types of fabrics
So yes, very excited to visit that today
We tried to visit the other day and it was closed so
It's Monday now and apparently its open so we're really excited
We have our suitcase for fabrics and I have my fabric carrying man
baggage man
And yeah, excited to see what we come across
Have to get off at exit 8 and apparently it's right out front of the train exit
So we're just coming up now
Lets have a look
Ok we think we've made it to the right spot at Dongdaemun market
This place is so big that it's very easy to get lost
But I see bolts of fabric so I think that this is the right spot
So, yes excited to go in and have a look
I'm going to get one of these
There's so much going on that's is very hard to film
Cause I'm just so distracted
We're currently on a level where there's just a whole bunch of different things
yarns and different fabrics
different people sewing
curtains
everything
Baggage boy needs a
needs a rest I reckon
Haven't even put anything in the bag yet
It's got like a subtle crinkle seersucker texture
It's pretty
Chris and I are both really exhausted to be honest
Just the amount of choice in there was really overwhelming
I ended up getting 3 different fabric which was really good
and the communication was still a little bit challenging as well
but its a really cool place and I'm so glad that I got to experience this area
We've just had some food and were feeling refreshed and ready to go again
We're going to visit this place. It's called
World Wholesale Market
And its open from 8pm to 5am in the morning
And there's like all this fashion stuff in there so
We don't really know what to expect but were gunna check it out
Were just across the road now. I'll show you guys the building
So basically its like a place you would come if you're a buyer
And buy for your store
But its really cool that its open to the general public
You just have to buy 2 of the same design
Hope you guys enjoyed coming along and seeing what we got up to today
At the Dongdaemung
Dogdaemun
Mung
I don't know
area
It's really fun really busy
So much going on there
But we're both super tired now
Its about 10pm
Just got off the train heading back to our airbnb
So yeah, hope you guys enjoyed the day
So its been a couple of months since we got back from our trip
and its finally nice to have this video out
because its been a long time coming
sharing my fabric shopping experience with you
We got a little bit lost at the start
But we ended up finding the building that had the 9 levels
of different fabric and trims and all sorts of things
We went up to one stall holder who was really kind
And we put in our translate app 'how do we buy fabric?'
And he was really kind to have this conversation with us
And kind of explain ok how to buy this fabric
So this is actually the fabric that I brought from his stall
I chose a fabric and then I
paid for my order and he wrote down my order
and he said come back in a couple of hours
I think it was like 3 or 4 hours
and I'll have the fabric ready for you
So what he did was send that order away somewhere
In another factory or another kind of building
where they were keeping the bolts
they would cut the fabric there and then bring it back to that original stall
Where you made that order for you to pick up later
So that was a really different experience
You have to be quite good at visualising
what this sample would look like in a big piece of fabric
And having just thousands of these samples
is just like oh my gosh
Its just like choice overload
There also were some stall there where you would have seen
where they had fabrics on the bolts where you could buy it on the spot
So I did buy these two straight on the spot
because the other thing about buying the fabric from the samples is
It was lucky we were able to make this order in the morning
and a couple of hours later we came to pick it up on that same day
But as the day progressed in the afternoon
There were some stall that would say
ok you'll have to come and pick this fabric up the next day
This first fabric is 100% cotton
It has a really subtle seersucker texture to it
which is really beautiful
And its quite lightweight
I'm imagining a summery dress
The next fabric is this 100% linen
And it has a really nice weight to it
It's a little bit heavier than a midweight fabric
It has a really nice drape
And then the final fabric that I got was this crinkle viscose
in this sage green colour
I was really impressed by the quality of all these fabrics
[Reminiscing] It was like stepping into a whole different world being there like
just seeing like everything was all in one spot
There were people
manufacturers making things
There were people delivering fabrics on the backs of bikes
There were
Just everything you can imagine to do with fashion and textiles
down to labels and trims
Everything you could ever want it was in this one area
and it was just so cool to see it just like all together
And just like working together
It was kind of a little bit more catering to that kind of wholesale
fashion kind of label
We were still also able to walk in to the building and
and buy fabrics as a tourist
Seeing people like in and out with their bags of fabrics and things like that
That have maybe like a fashion label
that have like a small label or even a big label
You can see how its all done in this one area
So many cool designers and super inspiring designs
coming out of South Korea
Because they have this like super vibrant fashion district
That has everything that you would need
And so much choice of fabrics
and just all the resources basically there
I did feel like we were outsiders looking in
being like 'what is happening?'
We don't know like
we're not on the in of like what they're doing or what's happening
even though we could see it all happening around us
But it was just cool to be there in that kind of environment
and just soak it all up
I hope that you guys really enjoyed this video
And were able to maybe learn something about South Korea
and this area
Thank you guys so much for watching
and I will see you in my next video :)