No matter how advanced sewing technology becomes, machines will never be able to substitute for work by hand in certain steps of the process, such as in the attaching of Chinese buttons and the making of borders and ju-yis, etc.
就算縫紉技術再進步，旗袍上還是有許多機器無法取代，非得靠萬能雙手的做工，如各式各樣的花扣、滾邊、如意等，都得一針一線去縫，取巧不得。