The
embroiderers were known for being particularly extraordinary; Guo Pei has changed history because, during the Cultural Revolution, that
skill was stopped, so people in the area lost the
skill of embroidery; and now that she's brought it back, there's even a woman in her studio whose great grandmother was one of the
embroiderers in the last dynasty.
Also here is Guinevere's dress from Camelot, a film which I never thought I'd want to see again till now I've seen a close - up of the most interesting wedding dress ever, made by hundreds of
skilled cutters,
embroiderers and seamstresses and sewn in with thousands of tiny, translucent shells and pumpkin seeds.