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Where's my Tailor?
Posted 9th November 2007 at 10:31 AM by Anandchitra
One of the unforgettable things about Deepavali was the innumerous times my mother and I would walk to the Tailor shop. His standard reply was "not finished yet". Sometimes when we passed his shop on our way, this exchange would take place without words, with only hand signals. Always "not finished yet". Even if we give ahead of time its still the same reply. If we probe further he would come up with the "falls not ready" or need to hem or need to finish the buttons or hook or sides not ready. And the rare instance when he would say someone didnt come in to help because they were sick . Mostly its just to do the sides or need to finish the hem line or hooks. This always created a lot of anxiety for me because I wanted to get the new item ready and so I could be set to wear it all Deepavali. For many years I only wore "Davanee" chattai and pavadai. Not sure if anyone wears these days. Only graduated to saree after wedding which really was not much because my inlaws were liberal and I could wear salwars too. But I wore the davanee and pavadai for many years mostly thru high school and college. I still consider it my favorite as it is easy to wear and its purpose, to cover, is served well. Always fun to buy nice pattu pavadai and matching blouse and then buy chiffon or georgette or some many variety of material for the davanee. Depends on the occassion. For school it was always cotton. Nowadays my husband who travels frequently to Chennai says there are so many Tailor shops and some even stitch and give while you wait or shop for 1 hour or so. I just could not beileve it. Gone where the days when all of us used to take turns to goto the tailor shop and inquire .My brother used to hate going and would get angry but it used to be on the way to other shops. So maybe the tailors are all so much better and so much more sophisticat- ed that none of you have this situation anymore or do you?
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Dear Chitra,
You too! So nice that you brought this up. Walking to the tailor asking if our new clothes were stitched and ready for Deepavali was our chore too and how! And our tailor was good at keeping us waiting till almost the midnight..but then, he was too good with his craft. The clothes always fitted perfect and the pleasure of wearing the fluttering pavadai-dhavani or sari and lighting the sparklers the next evening was a pleasure that cannot be matched even by wearing the latest Prada coat today...not that I wear it....;))Posted 9th November 2007 at 09:44 PM by Kamla
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Oh Nice to know that you people have worn Pavadai Thavani. Though I loved to, I was always afraid to wear that for the simple reason that it will show me even more plumpier, as I was plump in my teens itself.
But though there are lots of tailors now-a-days, Chitra be careful, though they stitch the dresses within an hour or so, dont be so sure that the fitting will be so dependable. But all the same you do have good tailors who are still like that, still keeping you waiting till the last moment. My tailor is also like that to whom I have given my Diwali dress material close to 2 months back and got it ready only on 6th evening, that too after I warned her I will be going to my inlaws place by 6th evening. Collected it and my daughter was also happy to wear her Pavadai Chatti on the 7th, apart from her long skirt and tops which we got it for Diwali day.Posted 10th November 2007 at 01:53 AM by rajmiarun -
dear AC,
post your latest photo yaar so that i can just at least imagine your pavadai davani..skPosted 10th November 2007 at 05:47 AM by sunkan -
Tailor and my dates with him!!
Hi Ac,
That was an interesting topic. I was lucky to have good tailors till I stopped looking out for them. In my college days, I had spotted a "trendy tailor". I would often design my clothes and it was no easy task for a tailor to grasp my design. But my tailor would patiently listen to me, draw sketches and finally stitch it to a perfect "Fit". My clothes used to set the trend in college. Then I spotted another tailor as I had promoted myself to salwar suits and saree blouses. My tailor would show me 'n' neck patterns but the pattern that I have in mind is nowhere. This tailor though he wore very thick glasses, was a delight with clothes and its stitches. He would often stitch my clothes before time and hang them for other customers to see. He would ask me from where do I get those "patterns". As usual my imagination works wonders in writing and patterns also!!!.
Now I buy ready made suits, and western outfits. I wear designer blouses for my sarees. When i pick a dress, it still flashes in my mind, my tailor can do this....Posted 10th November 2007 at 08:20 AM by malspie -
Dear Mals
I am so outdated that I did not there was such a thing as designer blouses? Dear hubby does the shopping for me so i have been clueless. nothing to complain since i enjoy wearing the old fashioned regular blouses. I too get more salwar suits a sgifts so there is not much need of tailor. I can totally believe when you write that you drew the patterns you are a very talented young woman!!Posted 10th November 2007 at 03:32 PM by Anandchitra
