Shin learned in late December that on Jan. 2, his crew of sewing-machine repairmen and some of the seamstresses would be escorted to a mountain ridge on the eastern edge of the camp.

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Also on display are design sketches, fabric swatches and photographs of the designers and seamstresses at work, allowing a peek into this exclusive and quintessentially Parisian world, from the conception stage to the finished catwalk-ready product.

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The cooks, seamstresses and other small investors are stunningly vulnerable to reversals.

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Mr Haas is treating seamstresses in the same way that other firms treat senior executives.

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When a promised sewing machine arrives, his wife and daughter hope to supplement the family's income as seamstresses.

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Moreover, the global marketplace has displaced once steady jobs like seamstresses and textile workers.

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Phantom Apparels and Phantom Tac, with a total of 10 production lines between them with 60 seamstresses on each line, were rushing to complete the order, the executives said.

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''I also get inspired by the country life here, '' says Max as he dons his signature white smock and weaves between seamstresses busy at their machines.

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