Handcrafted: Inside Brooklyn’s Tailor Shops

But inside their doors he found vibrant cultural scenes, with virtuosic artisans and conversations out of barber shops. “Everyone’s path into the tailor business was different,” Mr. Speranza said. “And they all had their own niches.”

Some agreed readily to be photographed, but others turned him away, fearing that rival tailors would use the photographs to steal their designs. One said he had made suits for Jay-Z; another said his business boomed during the crack era, but then contracted when the neighborhood became gentrified — the newcomers came only for quickie alterations, not custom suits. Sigh.

Source: The New York Times

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