(Photo: Uma Kadam/TNN) MN Rao, a notable tailor in Mumbai, founded a successful tailoring house in 1965
Among the youngsters whom he mentored was one MN Rao, an enterprising migrant from Karnataka, who went on to launch his own tailoring store in Vile Parle in 1965. Chand Master, master cutter, trained in England with big international tailors in 1999. I worked with major brands for over 30 years, and am here since 10 years.
Because this is my home, he said, “I returned to India.
He said bespoke suits go a step beyond mere customised. We have a couple of meetings with the client, first for measurement, then fitting after cutting, and then we stitch it,” Rao said. Chand Master said, “Lekin haath toh haath hai. Documentary maker Shravan Ajay said, “Chand Master was the life of my film.
MUMBAI: Way back in the 1960s, before actor AK Hangal became famous for his role as Rahim Chacha in ‘Sholay’, he was a master tailor in British cutting. “A bespoke garment is stitched for you and you alone using best, world class fabric and thread. The cost of handmade garments runs into lakhs of rupees but high-end brands that use machines also charge similar amounts. See Yusufbhai’s fingers here. Real tailors’ fingers become worn by carving buttonholes, and by sewing canvas on collars. The result is that your shirt may tear but the collar will not. He would call, ‘Cut! Cut! I had to tell him, Chandbhai, your cut and my cut is different!”