Trans tailor breaks boundaries in Pakistan
Jiya is a transgender tailor
stitching colorful clothes for women
and the trans community
Location: Karachi, Pakistan
The Stitch Shop opened its doors
just before Ramadan in March
It’s a busy time for tailors and
Jiya thinks she fills a unique niche
"There are women who hesitate and feel awkward to go to male tailors. They feel comfortable with us..”
They have faced many challenges
Landlords were reluctant to do
business with transgender people
Jiya has learnt how to tailor for diverse bodies too
Jiya believes business will be brisk
As people buy new clothes for Eid
at the end of Ramadan
"The biggest challenge was the fitting of transgender persons. Any tailor can do the fitting of women. But to learn the fitting of transgenders took me one to one and a half years to understand the length ratio and other fittings because some (trans) persons are tall, the others are short."
