“I didn’t like it, but eventually it was the only thing I was great at. And people think tailoring is easy, but its not like mechanical engineering where skills only mattered – there’s an art to it, the way your stitches are woven into the fabric.”
——————————————————————-
“Saya jadi tukang jahit sejak 16 tahun lagi. Ayah saya pun tukang jahit juga, dan dia suruh saya jadi tukang jahit. Mula-mula saya tak suka, tapi lama-lama itu je yang saya pandai buat. Orang selalu ingat menjahit ni senang, tapi ia bukan macam kejuruteraan mekanikal dimana hanya kemahiran yang diperlukan – tapi ada kesenian disebaliknya, seperti cara jahitan ditenun menjadi kain dan kemasannya.”
Seen at PPR Lembah Pantai
Photostory by Mushamir Mustafa
Do you have a story? Let us know here: https://forms.gle/ht4HsvbxgSgcKS5h8
(This post was first published on May 5th 2018)
