With the lockdown easing up across Pakistan so that people can make purchases before Eid-ul-Fitr, people are opting for pret wear rather than tailored clothing. After all, how many of us that trust our tailors will get our clothes sewn in time, especially with Eid almost here?
With markets just opening up last week, did people really think their tailor would manage to get it ready in the nick of time? They must be in a minority.
The Associated Press of Pakistan (APP) reports that a small segment of consumers is still opting for tailored options.
Here’s where it gets interesting. It’s not that the majority are opting for pret-wear because they realize no tailor will get their Eid clothes stitched in time, but because tailors are refusing to take orders.
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To go for tailors or not?
As soon as the lockdown eased, people flocked to markets, in many cases ditching Coronavirus precautions. While many would have wanted clothes for Eid-ul-Fitr specifically tailored for them, they’re left with options in the pret wear section.
As one tailor Ashfaq Ali told APP:
“I have received a large number of orders in a single day after getting permission to open the shop till evening. It is difficult to wind up our work till evening every day contrary to the earlier practice when we used to work for late night hours to complete orders”.
Tailors are refusing to take orders right now obviously because of the time constraints but also because of their workload. Then there’s also the limited working hours permitted due to government guidelines on when to close shop.
What about the people who somehow managed to get their orders placed on time?
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Oddly, one lady Shaista Naz says that she feels uneasy shopping in crowded markets for pret-wear. However, aren’t the markets for unstitched clothes crowded as well?
“Now I have to purchase ready to wear clothes for me and my family but it seems difficult and risky to shop in the overcrowded markets where visitors are violating the social distancing precaution”.
With the number of Coronavirus cases continuing to climb in Pakistan, how many people took the safest route and purchased pret-wear online? Or rather, not wearing new clothes this Eid-ul-Fitr?
But going by the crowded state of markets we witnessed during the past few days, it seems that our priorities are placed elsewhere.
