Largely Hispanic and Korean, the business dominates much of downtown, with fabric mills, cutting, sewing and finishing shops, and street upon street of warehouses and storefronts.

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Jan talks to the customers and prepares the designs, while Gisella is the one cutting the fabric and sewing.

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Making another dress would require a trip to Italy to procure the fantastic fabric, reprinting the pattern and re-cutting the style as a one-off.

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