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12-13-2006, 10:37 AM
Any of the Myhattiesburg men know now to sew? Sounds like job number one could be Noway's fantasy come to life. :smt102
Odd Jobs (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/06/AR2006120601207.html)
FEW EXPERIENCES CARRY MORE POTENTIAL TO DEMORALIZE than having to examine your Lycra-clad jiggly bits while shopping for a swimsuit. Although Colleen Corrigan can't get rid of your love handles, she can alter a suit to emphasize your assets, a specialty that she has been perfecting for the past 20 years as one of the country's only bikini tailors.
Traditional tailors won't touch a swimsuit -- the material tears far too easily, and the clientele can be unrealistically demanding. Corrigan knows how rare she is: When she was opening her District store, the Bikini Shop, back in the 1980s, she tried to find someone who would work with her customers. "The tailors looked at me like I was crazy," she says. So she started doing the alterations herself, soon finding a growing following among bodybuilders, beauty pageant contestants and dedicated beach bunnies. Most, but not all, of Corrigan's clientele is female. Usually, a client will model a few bikinis or one-pieces, and Corrigan will make suggestions -- lengthening straps, adding bra pads, fastening eye-catching sequins....
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Odd Jobs (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/06/AR2006120601207.html)
FEW EXPERIENCES CARRY MORE POTENTIAL TO DEMORALIZE than having to examine your Lycra-clad jiggly bits while shopping for a swimsuit. Although Colleen Corrigan can't get rid of your love handles, she can alter a suit to emphasize your assets, a specialty that she has been perfecting for the past 20 years as one of the country's only bikini tailors.
Traditional tailors won't touch a swimsuit -- the material tears far too easily, and the clientele can be unrealistically demanding. Corrigan knows how rare she is: When she was opening her District store, the Bikini Shop, back in the 1980s, she tried to find someone who would work with her customers. "The tailors looked at me like I was crazy," she says. So she started doing the alterations herself, soon finding a growing following among bodybuilders, beauty pageant contestants and dedicated beach bunnies. Most, but not all, of Corrigan's clientele is female. Usually, a client will model a few bikinis or one-pieces, and Corrigan will make suggestions -- lengthening straps, adding bra pads, fastening eye-catching sequins....
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