They smiled at each other and breathed a sigh of relief that they didn't have to worry about hiring anyone.

The store has been basically tidied up. Even the racks for hanging clothes on the first floor have been made, and the frame of the changing room has also been set up. All we need to do is put up a curtain.

Except for the staff dormitory and conference room on the second floor, the rest were planned to be used as studios. Several large wooden tables were placed in each room as workbenches. Yi Qingqing got three sewing machines and placed them in three of the studios.

The amount of fabric brought back this time was not too much, so we put them all in a studio on the second floor. Anyway, these rooms will not be used for the time being, so it is more convenient to take them out than putting them in the attic. We just need to organize them again before the end of summer vacation.

Their store is going to open this winter. Li Mengxue has long been dissatisfied with the winter clothes sold in department stores and is preparing to make a big move, so she bought a lot of woolen fabrics and plans to open up the market with long and short coats. On the way back to the capital, she had already decided what styles she wanted to make.

Whether a coat looks good or not, the style is very important. Fortunately, they have Yi Qingqing, this killer weapon, which will definitely make them an instant hit.

Of course, Li Mengxue did not design clothes entirely based on her advanced vision. She still considered the elements that are currently popular and acceptable to the public.

She chose black, camel, gray and red for the woolen fabrics, but she also bought lace or other fabrics with delicate colors or patterns, intending to add some special elements to her women's coats to attract attention.

For example, add a lace edge to the collar of a coat with a lotus leaf collar and a purse, and wrap the buttons of a black coat with a layer of red and black plaid cloth.

This kind of innovation is not outstanding, but it is very special. Although the color of the coat is not very bright, it has highlights and looks very trendy.

Of course, these are for young women, which are more playful. There are also some more formal styles for middle-aged women, which mainly use tailoring to highlight their temperament.

The men's version is similar.

Li Mengxue designs the styles, Yi Qingqing controls the pattern, and Qian Lailai and Wang Lingling help out.

It took them a week to make the sample garment, and they even spent a day celebrating Yi Qingqing's birthday.

All the clothes are one size fits all, and the style is a little loose, leaving enough space for adding a sweater lining. It fits the body shape of most people nowadays. It may not have a customized fit, but it is not too big or too small, and can be worn by people of normal body shape.

Since there is only so much fabric, they don't plan to make different sizes this time.

After the sample clothes were made, they specially called all the male comrades to try on the samples together.

At this moment, in the girls' dormitory, several girls were changing clothes in the room in the scorching hot weather.

"If there is a store selling clothes like this, I will definitely buy them!" Wang Lingling tried on a short black lace-trimmed woolen tweed with a lotus leaf collar. "After wearing this dress, I realized that winter clothes can be as delicate and beautiful as summer skirts!"

Most winter clothes nowadays are of relatively simple styles, and the only thing that catches the eye is the color of the fabric, which is why those red and pink coats in department stores are so popular every year.

"Mengxue, after the clothes are made, can I buy a few pieces for myself? I want to buy one of each of these similar styles. As for these, they will be perfect to give to my mother and aunt when I go back home for the New Year. They are very suitable for them. The colors may look inconspicuous, but they show their temperament when they are worn. They are low-key and simple yet exquisite," said Wang Lingling.

"I want to buy one too!" Qian Lailai prefers this camel-colored coat that seems to have no decorations. The color is not eye-catching, but it makes her feel very gentle when she wears it.

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Yi Qingqing was also tempted. It was rare for her to find a coat that she thought looked good. She waved her hand and said, "Then I'll order a few too. One for me and Ayuan, and two for my parents and my brother and sister-in-law. I'll take them back as New Year gifts. They're sure to like them. They're much better looking than the ones you buy outside."

"Haha, this way, even if the policy cannot be implemented for the time being, we can digest it much better internally!" Wang Lingling said with a smile.

Li Mengxue's mouth twitched slightly, and she said unhappily, "Are you here to open a shop to sell clothes, or to open a shop to make clothes for yourself?"

She was very happy that the clothes she designed were good-looking, but the samples had just been made and they had ordered dozens of pieces at once, especially Yi Qingqing, who bought more than ten pieces by herself. Isn’t that a bit too outrageous?

"It doesn't matter who you sell it to. We buy it at the market price and can take it back to promote our store," Yi Qingqing thought this was a good idea.

She used the clothes to promote her store to her family, and in the future she had a source of external income, so she could use the money to honor her parents in a legitimate way.

What he said made a lot of sense. Li Mengxue had no words to refute: "Okay, as long as you are happy, but if the policy comes out before the New Year and the ready-made clothes are not enough to sell, you can be kind and keep one piece each and take one for your family. We still need to use these clothes to increase our popularity in the capital! Looking at you like this, I know that if the sales really take off and we don’t recruit enough tailors, we may sell out."

"Okay then," Yi Qingqing suppressed her smile and agreed reluctantly.

Comrade Da Jinhua, who is heartless, is still very cute when she is worried.

"Let's go and see how the men's clothes are going!" Li Mengxue took her sisters and knocked on the door of the boys' dormitory.

“Here it comes!”

The girls looked at the gay men who were wearing coats and sweating all over their faces, and the gay men looked at the girls who also had red faces.

"Shiyan? This coat suits you so well!" Wang Lingling looked at Xie Shiyan from head to toe.

Xie Shiyan even got himself a scarf, straightened his back and coughed softly: "Isn't it very elegant?"

Wang Lingling nodded. She was stunned. She had never thought that her boyfriend was so good-looking. When he wore this dress, his temperament was almost similar to Comrade Yun Guyuan.

Looking at Yun Guyuan again, he was wearing a black coat and standing at the innermost part. Well, he was still far inferior to Comrade Yun.

If eyes could really emit hearts, Yi Qingqing felt that the hearts that were now emitted from her eyes were about to flood the entire room. Oh my god, was that handsome guy opposite her her partner?

It's so pretty! It's like a clothes rack!

Such an abstinent handsome guy, she couldn't help but want to flirt with him and see him lose his composure. If there weren't so many people around, she would have wanted to pounce on him.

Yun Guyuan appeared calm on the surface, but his heart was already beating like a drum. The look in someone's eyes was so intense that it was impossible to ignore it.

In the past he might have just thought that she liked his looks, but since that day, he knew how bold this girl was.