Few relationships stand the test of time like the one between a woman who wears a sari and the tailor who makes her blouse. The person who creates the perfect fitted blouse is guarded like treasure, his number shared with only the best of friends. But like you kiss many frogs until you find your prince, you must wear many unflattering blouses before you find the right pair of hands for that one-metre magic. Meet some of India’s coolest ladies tailors
In Chennai, getting a sexy blouse is hard because tailors often refuse to experiment with styles
Manish Jolly, whose family business specialises in stitching only blouses, believes he can now create the garment without taking any measurements.
Any respectable list of blouse tailors in Hyderabad must surely include KG Rao Tailors, ensconced in its quaint-looking establishment in Park Lane, Secunderabad.
Giving women that perfect blouse” is the stated intent of the Dudhorias, but V-Cut achieves something more. It has extricated customers from long queues at busy tailors’ shops and extended to them the red carpet rolled out in an upscale sari store.