Yuen Kee Leather Goods

Sham Shui Po is the sort of place sartorial dreams are made of. Literally, these streets sell everything from fabric to fasteners and trims, all in every hue design and material imaginable.
This is where clothing manufacturers come and choose the actual stuff that make their designs a reality. Fortunately, you can also but ‘retail’ ie, not bulk, and make your own design dreams come true.
In my particular case, I want a calf length, cream leather coat.
I took along the black woollen coat I intend to model said garment on and headed off in search of the leather to make it happen. Fortunately, I found Yuen Kee Leather Goods.
The staff were a bit surprised by the scale of my project, but recommended a tailor and even called in advance to make sure it was all doable and that they we selling me the right amount of leather (at least I assume that’s what they were talking about).
That’s one of the problems with shopping in Shan Shui Po generally, many of the vendors — especially the street stalls– don’t really ‘do’ English, so you are relying on holding up fingers to indicate yard length. Needless to say, with the complexity of this particular project I was very happy to encounter good spoken English. Highly ironic as I am having real trouble with the shop’s business card …