Around the country, cobblers, tailors, car mechanics and bike, vacuum, watch and television repairers are reporting strong revenues during the recession. Jim McFarland, a third-generation shoe repairman, who owns McFarland’s Shoe Repair in Lakeland, FL has fought many anxiety bouts in his 23 years running the shop. “I’ve spent nights pacing my floor at 2, 3 in the morning, wondering, How am I going to get through this?” says McFarland, who teethed on leather as a baby. “Now I sleep the whole night through,” he says. “I’ve never seen it like this — it’s wonderful.”
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As consumers attempt to pinch their pennies, many have began trading at local consignment shops and repairing shoes and altering clothing instead of casting them off for new ones.
Cheryl Johnson, owner of C Johnson Custom Clothing along Music Row, said she’s seeing a increased trend of people shopping their closets. While 20-somethings still bring $250 jeans in for altering, those in their 30s and beyond, want to update clothing they already own.
“It’s one of the things you look forward to in our business as the economy starts to slow down,” she said.
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Your closet is more Salvation Army than Armani. You look like you dressed in the dark when you wish you were decked out in designer duds. The eyeglasses you thought defined you as natty just make you look nutty. No wonder your wife or girlfriend thinks she has to dress you from head to toe.
What’s a man to do?
Males unsure of their fashion sense who want to step up their presence can rely on Chris Garabedian to literally tailor a new look for them through his 18-month-old business, Garabedian Custom Clothier.
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