Embroidered separately
Each section of clothing is embroidered separately, and then the whole garment is assembled with additional pieces of indigo cloth. A set of clothes may take several months to make. Although some women are now using acrylic, usually embroidery is done with silk which is chemically dyed. Although finished garments appear the same, colors and motifs do vary from garment to garment, and new motifs are copied from other Dao groups as well as from the Hmong in Ta Phin.
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