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On Upper East Side, A New Generation of Tailors Moves In

October 29, 2013 by Rebecca Ungarino

“All of our tailor friends have either died, their leases expired, or they moved. Most died,” said Nurten Onay, 63, pressing her hands against her Singer sewing machine. A Turkish calendar hangs above her tabletop, this month’s photograph of a mosque in Istanbul. Nurten’s husband, Habito, sat next to her, quietly unfolding a pair of blue jeans. The counter space in the … [Read more...] about On Upper East Side, A New Generation of Tailors Moves In

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