Love Affairs in Melbourne-Chapter 261 - 256 No Strings Attached

Yan Yan still thought it was not enough.

After all, most of her mechanical designs remained at a theoretical level, and her "practical" experience was extremely limited.

For the construction and safety testing of mechanical devices, Yan Yan very "reasonably" enlisted the help of her family’s master mechanic.

Yan Dabang gladly accepted and took charge personally.

By the time all these things were completed, it was already May 2015.

In the past two months, no matter how tirelessly Yan Yan worked, the details of the wedding had to be meticulously designed.

As a brilliant student from the School of Architecture and Design at the University of Melbourne, the design of this wedding was entirely dreamlike and enchanting.

After the lights in the banquet hall were turned off, none of the guests knew where the bride was.

The music had already started, but the bride was nowhere to be seen.

The spotlight turned on, casting a pristine beam of light, and a huge shell slowly rose from the backdrop at the entrance of the banquet hall.

Rising to the "mid-air" of the banquet hall, it changed course and began to move toward the center.

As the shell moved, it slowly opened.

A beautiful girl, like a mermaid princess, danced inside the shell.

She wore a wedding dress embedded with 365 diamonds, yet floated as if weightless.

The girl’s dance moves in the shell were not hindered by the wedding dress at all.

The girl’s beauty was intoxicating.

Her dance was like a dream, at times like a soaring white swan, at times like a fluttering white butterfly.

The girl in the shell, as if a fairy or spirit, seemed as though she had stepped right out of a dream.

At the end of the dance, the girl’s face was streaked with tears.

Everything seemed to freeze, no lights, no music, as the shell slowly descended back into the backdrop.

Two spotlights lit up simultaneously, one shining on the shell, and the other illuminating the grand entrance of the banquet hall.

The door opened, and the other protagonist of the wedding appeared at the entrance.

Dressed in a black tailcoat, he was as elegant as jade, tall and straight, with a handsome face.

This tailcoat was clearly specially designed.

Seen from the front, the ingenuity of the designer was evident starting from the collar.

A suit, whether formal or casual, usually has only one type of collar.

Yet this tailcoat’s collar perfectly merged a peaked lapel and a shawl lapel.

The design on the back of the tailcoat was also unique.

The tail section’s design of this utmost formal tailcoat was a highlight of the attire.

The upper part of the tailcoat matched the black color of the suit but used a completely different material.

The "tails" of the tailcoat were not made from the usual suit material, but from the same handwoven pure silk used in Yan Yan’s first Haute Couture wedding dress.

This silk fabric was significantly thinner than the thinnest silk chiffon and georgette available on the market.

It was even thinner than the "plain silk shirt" excavated from the Ma Wangdui Han Tomb—the lightest clothing in the world.

The plain silk shirt represented the pinnacle of Western Han Dynasty silk weaving technology, a national first-grade cultural relic, weighing only 15.4 grams per square meter.

After the plain silk shirt was unearthed in 1972, it astonished the entire world.

Countless domestic silk weaving experts collaborated, trying to replicate this cultural relic. It wasn’t until 13 years later, in 1985, that they managed the "feat", yet it was still 0.5 grams heavier than the original from over two thousand years ago.

The silk in modern silk machines is usually 21 denier, while the silk from the artifacts in the Ma Wangdui Han Tomb was only 10.2-10.3 denier.

Such fine silk could not be "handled" by factory silk machines.

Besides the machines, the silk itself is also considered a "cultural relic."

The modern silkworms are "much fatter" compared to those from over two thousand years ago, and the silk they produce is also coarser.

"Normal" silkworms simply cannot produce such fine silk.

The pure handmade silk fabric used in the black tailcoat has a denier of just 10, with a weight of 13.2 grams per square meter.

To put it simply, one square meter of the fabric weighs less than two medium-thickness A4 papers.

To achieve this, selection must begin from the sericulture stage, implementing generation after generation of silkworm "slimming plans."

Ultimately, the weaving is delicately done using a pure handmade silk loom.

This is the pinnacle of silk-weaving craftsmanship, perfected over tens of thousands of experiments focusing on every detail.

True to being as thin as a cicada’s wing and as light as smoke.

Such silk, when worn, feels like nothing yet is more valuable than gold.

The "tail" of this tailcoat layers such precious fabric as though it costs nothing.

The design at the back of the tailcoat greatly resembles a short silk skirt, yet it is only the "tail" part, not a complete skirt.

This tailcoat, naturally designed by Yan Yan, carries a subtle liveliness within its gentlemanly appearance, a playful touch within its solemnity.

From the front, it appears as a well-tailored, uniquely collared black suit.

From the sides and the back, the design of the tailcoat harmoniously blends with the material of a wedding gown’s train.

Yan Yan’s design for this black tailcoat also feels completely unrestrictive to the wearer.

In terms of value, this tailcoat is incomparably precious, just like the wedding dress of a girl inside a shell.

Two years ago, that wedding dress sold for 1.2 million euros at Maison Yan II.

The unique tailcoat’s price is akin to the last digit in the price of the girl’s wedding dress on her body.

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Furthermore, Yan Yan personally crafted even the shirt worn under the tailcoat.

The understated luxury extends to the shirt’s cufflinks, which are made of five-carat diamonds.

Only one person could inspire Yan Yan to design such an extraordinary gown with such dedication.

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The wedding march began playing at this moment.

To the rhythm of the wedding march, a black figure commenced an elegant waltz.

The dance, which should have been somewhat discordant with the music, appeared extremely harmonious due to the revised music and steps.

Soon, two spotlights converged together.

The shell opened again, and the girl’s face bore no trace of tears, her smile radiant as the stars.

On her wedding day, the girl was reborn.

Under the scrutiny of the spotlights, two loving hands came together, dancing jointly.

One black, one white, graceful as a swan.

No one could tell that this was the black figure’s first dance in life.

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Note 1:

This artifact is very famous, but in most places, it is incorrectly called "Plain Silk Zen Robe" when it should actually be "kasaya." The radical should be "衤" not "礻." Even if simplified, it should be more appropriately called "single robe."

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