Showing posts with label cloth. Show all posts
Showing posts with label cloth. Show all posts

Saturday, April 20, 2013

Clothier and darzi skills


My latest adventure taught me something about men's clothing.
If you're a guy, you can look like any of these models on the advert.  Just follow these instructions...
Go to a clothier and choose your favorite colors in the kind of material that best suits you...
...they'll bring them all out and show you everything they've got--don't be shy asking...
...then you go find the best, most highly recommended darzi (tailor) and have him measure you.
With any luck, they can make you look like an angel.

Saturday, December 8, 2012

The saree shop man

 I know he gets lots of practice.

But when I try to fold a saree--six meters of slippery cloth, I make a mess of it every time.  Usually I have to ask for help.
 But he just sits there and whips the cloth back a forth several times.
And it all comes together just like it's supposed to.
Ah, what would it be like to fold and unfold hundreds of beautiful sarees every day?

Thursday, July 2, 2009

Dye shop


I wanted to have some cloth dyed.
As I asked around the bazaar, my questions led to a tiny, steamy alley where several men stood around all these pots. They dunked in the cloth, wrung it out and dunked it in another pot, and perfectly matched the swatches they were given.
I don't know how they do that.