Underground with a Bangladeshi tailor
Jul 15, 11:23 AM
The sound of traditional garment manufacture and repair at Dressmode Tailoring, which is run by Bangladeshi Mohammed Shajahan, originally from Sylhet, Bangladesh. This shop has been operating for around 17 years, but Mohammed has been working on Bethnal Green Road since 1996. There are lots of alterations and repairs undertaken here, mainly for the local Asian community.
Times have been tough for businesses like this in recent years due to the growth of fast fashion and outsourcing. The shop owners were telling us that while the older generation of Bangladeshis often travel home to visit, the younger generation are forgetting Bangladesh completely.
Recorded by Cities and Memory.
Part of the Migration Sounds project, the world’s first collection of the sounds of human migration.
For more information and to explore the project, see https://www.citiesandmemory.com/migration
Times have been tough for businesses like this in recent years due to the growth of fast fashion and outsourcing. The shop owners were telling us that while the older generation of Bangladeshis often travel home to visit, the younger generation are forgetting Bangladesh completely.
Recorded by Cities and Memory.
Part of the Migration Sounds project, the world’s first collection of the sounds of human migration.
For more information and to explore the project, see https://www.citiesandmemory.com/migration