DIY project for her daughter sparks a career revival

A Shanghai full-time mother has made more than 40 pieces of traditional costumes for her daughter over the past three years.

A resident of Jiaxiu community, Jiading district, Zhao Yonghui, who is in her early 40s, said that the idea of making traditional costumes was born three years ago when her daughter required one for a kindergarten event.

Unsatisfied with the clothes available online, Zhao, who previously studied fine arts and ran a customized clothing store in Jinxian road, came up with the idea of designing and making the costume herself.