MAIHAN KABUL MEN'S HAND TAILORED (2) BUTTON LUXURY BLAZER

GREAT PIECE NO FLAWS! How Nasir and Malaka Qaderi stitched together a prosperous life in Canada. On any given day at Kabul Tailoring, owners Nasir and Malaka Qaderi are busy at their workstations replacing zippers on pants, sewing new linings into jackets, repairing tears in blouses, or adjusting the length of dresses and gowns. The couple has been at it for more than 20 years, painstakingly restoring clothing to put food on the table for themselves and their four children. When they started the company in 2001, Nasir said the bulk of their clientele were elderly, but has noticed a wider variety of customers of late, especially younger people wanting their apparel altered for events from graduations to weddings. Of the two, Malaka has a much greater tailoring background, having worked in the family trade in Kabul, the city after which the couple named their business. Back then, tailoring was one of Afghanistan’s biggest industries, a sector that employed the most women in the country. It helped that Afghanistan was among the world leaders in the textile industry, including cotton, which at one point the country produced nearly 60,000 tonnes annually. At its height, Afghanistan also was the world’s third-highest producer of cashmere and was envied for its unique quality of silk. SUPERIOR LUXURY FABRIC (2) BUTTON CLOSURE (4) BUTTON CUFFS (3) INTERIOR POCKETS FULLY LINED NO FLAWS EXACT MEASUREMENTS Shoulders 20.5" Armpits 24" Sleeve Length 26" Jacket Length 32" Super 120s