Sam Galvez once tailored a wedding dress from scratch in two weeks, after another tailor 91裸聊视频渢otally ruined it.91裸聊视频�

His shop, El Zorro Tailoring and Alterations, is filled with sewing tools, saturated coloured thread and dresses wrapped in long plastic bags that are the markings of a dry-cleaned product. No butter chicken or spaghetti allowed.

91裸聊视频淚 love it,91裸聊视频� Galvez said. 91裸聊视频淚 come here to play.91裸聊视频�

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When Galvez was 1491裸聊视频攖he age in which Canadians are graduating Grade 8 and armouring up for their high school beat down91裸聊视频攈e enrolled in a program that specialized in tailoring.

91裸聊视频淚 went to school for four years to become a master tailor,91裸聊视频� explained Galvez, whereas most other tailors learn second-hand.

Being a master tailor, Galvez said his abilities and expertise is much more vast and expansive than that of other tailors.

After school was finished, Galvez moved to Canada for a brief stint before returning to Chile for 16 years. When he returned to Kelowna in 2011, he worked a few jobs before starting his own small business in 2013.

He and his fashionably decorated mannequins used to have a place on Harvey Avenue, but moved downtown to their Ellis Street location just last year. He said business has been great and he has many customers.

91裸聊视频淪mall business is about getting into the network; it91裸聊视频檚 about getting people to know me and what a master tailor is,91裸聊视频� Galvez said, dressed in a grey T-shirt with 91裸聊视频淓l Zorro91裸聊视频� written in golden glitter across the chest; a tape measure dangling around his neck.

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Sam is just the latest in the long-line of tri-generational Galvez tailors.

91裸聊视频淢y mom was a dress maker. My grandma on my father91裸聊视频檚 side was a tailor too,91裸聊视频� he said. 91裸聊视频淪o it runs in the family.91裸聊视频�

It could be quad-generational, but it doesn91裸聊视频檛 look like his 19-year-old son is going to carry on the tradition.

91裸聊视频淗e doesn91裸聊视频檛 like it very much,91裸聊视频� Galvez said. 91裸聊视频淏ut he comes and helps, which is nice.91裸聊视频�

When Galvez was younger, his favourite super hero was the man whose name you see plastered on his window: El Zorro.

Somehow, he91裸聊视频檚 managed to offer alterations for men91裸聊视频檚 clothing, create wedding gowns and make custom clothing for women, all under a superhero pseudonym.

91裸聊视频淭his is art.91裸聊视频�

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