Why are you a tailor? | Tailoring in Perspective

"Get out of your bubble! You're just making clothes..." This is one of the earliest statements I heard after starting my apprenticeship on Savile Row back in 2014. Since then, I've been in many conversations where I've heard tailors proudly blurt out this statement as if it's a profound idea. Something that is supposedly giving us a deep perspective on our "job". It seems strange... How can one be proud of ones profession and simultaneously believe in such a belittling and undermining idea? How can you do anything well, if what you're doing at the end of the day is "just making clothes"? My impression is that these ideas are simply copied without any second thoughts and a thorough examination of why and how they were created in the first place. If you want to get a sense of the spirit of a community, pay attention to the average set of statements that its members make. It concerns me when I hear mindless statements like the one mentioned above. What are we up to as an industry? What do we want our profession to mean? One can only find out by asking the right questions instead of holding up shallow banners. Reza Instagram HNBT: https://www.instagram.com/hotneedleandburningthread/ #bespoketailoring #tailoringapprenticeship #tailoringquestions