Weaving a path to success

Tailoring has become a thriving business lately. Thinking of it not to be a very interesting job will be thoroughly undermining it. The profession has its own set of unique skills to master. From a lot of patience to finesse in handling the materials tailoring is not always an easy task. Today the term tailoring can have a vivid understanding by different people. It can be called an art, as it has survived from ages and a basic tool for designers in the world of fashion and glamour. Secondly, it can also be thought of as a tradition, as it has been followed as a profession from centuries by families and is passed on to successive generations thus keeping it alive. Due to the growing economies all around the world, in present times tailoring is considered as a profitable commercial venture and very much put into practice globally. Dubai has a whole lot of tailoring shops spread across from the narrowest streets to shopping complexes.

The tailor’s work revolving around a pair of scissors, a needle and a set of threads, a tailor makes sure that he constructs something which we can comfortably fit into. These makers of men’s and women’s suits, coats and trousers and many such similar garments put in their best in order to make us feel and look the best.

Mohammad Usman
Photo credits: Mrudvi Bakshi

Mohammad Usman shares his story as to how tailoring has always been the ideal job for him and will continue to be so. I have been in this occupation from the past 6 years says Usman, tailor at Arora uniforms and fashions and have been thoroughly enjoying every bit of it. I completely disagree when I get to hear that tailoring is a waste of time, as it has made me the sole bread owner of my family, where most of my members are drivers.

“I love to make clothes and a feeling of contentment sets within me when I see people fit into clothes stitched by me.” Trained as a ladies tailor in his hometown back in India, and working in Arora since the past four years Mohammed has had his own share of ups and downs.

I lived a very rough life in India and hade to work day and night to feed my family of six, and when I got the opportunity of coming to Dubai, without a second thought I grabbed it willfully.

Usman at his desk
Photo credits: Mrudvi Bakshi

In the beginning it was really difficult to adjust here, as I was working in Palmom limited in Jebal Ali which had a totally different working structure and mechanism. Now that it’s been a considerable time since I have been here and working with an efficient staff, work has become easy and fun. When asked about what is the hardest part of the business, he says “coats and pants for women are hard to stitch and time consuming, so we take less of those orders. We specialize in stitching suits, uniforms and jeans and receive a lot of orders pertaining to them. We don not leave any room for complaints by our customers, but if any we are open to alteration.

Speaking to Usman I realized that, tailoring similarly like quite a few professions has its own hardships involved. Someone focused and dedicated like Usman will only know the techniques to master the trade.