F E AT U R E
Five Things We are sick & Tired of
Hearing from our Tailors
A
well fitted ensemble brings a class and totally enliven your demeanor. It is because of this reason
many people prefer to buy fabric and get it stitched by
tailors. This is a common practice in Pakistan as well as
in India. Moreover, many people find tailor-made clothes
more affordable and convenient as they can have a custom made outfit. But, going to tailor and get an outfit
stitched is no mean feat! This activity involves buying a
fabric, deciding a design that compliment the fabric, going to tailor, explaining him the design and then wait for
him or her to stitch it and deliver it to us. Rarely do we
get our clothes stitched on time and tailors always have
a mammoth amount of excuses to tell us. Not only this,
but there are other things also that we are accustomed
to listen to by our tailors. I have made up a list of a few
sentences that at least I am tired of hearing from my
tailor.
Is Kapray Ma Yeh Design Nahee Ban Sakta (I cant
make this design in this fabric)
You scour internet whole night to find that perfect cut
and silhouette to suit the fabric you bought and when
you find the one, its like a treasured possession. You
bookmark that page or even take a print out of the design. You go to your tailor, hand over him the fabric and
explain him the design and suddenly you hear your tailor
uttering "Is Kapray Ma or Itnay Kapray Ma Ye Design
Nahee Ban Sakta,"
Aap Print Out Daitein Tau Bilkul Ditto Banata (If you
had given me a printout of the design, I would have
made a xerox)
While you explain your tailor the way you want him to
stitch your dress, he never refrains from showing his
mastery and says "Fikar he na karein, samaj gaya bilkul
aisa he banay ga." The way he says this convince you
that you will have your dress as you want it to be. And,
when your dress arrives you find it nowhere close to the
design you explained. In an utterly shocking and saddening situation, you go to your tailor to complain about
it and all he has to say is "Jaisa btaya tha waisa he bana
ha, print out daitein tau bilkul ditto banata." Oh Really?
Jaisa Naap Dia Tha Waisa He Bana Ha (I have
stitched your clothes exactly according to the measurement you have given)
Even if you get your dress stitched in the way you want,
don't assume that you have climbed the mountain. The
real shock you get when you go to your home and try
your dress and find out that the fittings of the dress is not
according to your measurement. You immediately pick
up your phone and tell him what you just went through
and this is the time when you hear "Jaisa Naap Dia Tha
Waisa He Bana Ha."
Kapray Tayar Nahee Hein, Light Nahee Thee Or Karigar BhiChutti Pay Tha (Clothes are not ready yet becasue of frequent power cut also my workers are on
leave)
You are all excited for your girls night out on Saturday,
but more than that, you cannot wait for Friday to come.
Yes, its the day, your tailor literally promised you to deliver you the dress. With a bright smile on your face
and excitement to get your hands on the dress, you go
to your tailor to collect your outfit. This excitement ruins like a building collapse in an earthquake, when you
find out that your dress is not ready. You throw a big
WHYYYYYY on the face of your tailor and he in his usual calmness and coolness says the same thing over and
over again "light daikh rahein hein kitni ja rahe ha, kaisay tayar kerta kapray oper say karigar b chutti pay ha."
Dude you said the same thing last week and last month
and throughout the last year and actually you have been
saying it since forever!
Bilkul Sahee Pesay Lagai Hein (I am charging you a
reasonable price)
Most of us opt for tailor-made clothes because they
are cheap as compared to ready to wear and designer
clothes. And all your logic and rationale behind preferring tailor made clothes go to waste, when your tailor
charges you an amount as if he works at Marc Jacobs.
He always justify his brutal act by saying "Bilkul Sahee
Paisay Lagai hein."
Besides the above mentioned things, there are many
other tailor pet peeves. In order to avoid these annoyances, you can always take some precautionary actions.
For instance, you should always quote a date earlier
than the actual date on which you need your outfit. Stay
in touch with your tailor, give him a call in between the
waiting period to ask if he is facing any problem or needs
extra lace or fabric to make the dress. And when he says
“give me a print out and I’ll make your dress exactly like
it”, he might actually mean it, so always give him a print
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