I have had tailored suits hacked together in Hangzhou's fabric market for RMB 3o0 (USD 42), churned out in 24 hours next to Chungking Mansions in Tsim Sha Tsui for HKD 2,500 (USD 320), measured by a teenage shop assistant at Beijing's Yashow Market for RMB 500-1,100 (USD 70-155), and handmade from English and Italian fabric by an assertive Frenchman and a graying Shanghai gentleman for RMB 4,000+ (USD 560 or more).