Bombay Fancy Stores

Bombay Fancy Stores is located at 306 in the Mohan Building in Chickpet. If you know Chickpet, you know how hard it can be to find anything in these crowded lanes. Our building is old and the stairs are a bit steep, so you have to be careful when you come up to see us. We’ve been in this spot for a long time, selling all sorts of fancy items like threads, laces, and tailoring materials. It’s very crowded inside the shop because we have so much stock piled up to the ceiling. We have to use a small ladder to reach the boxes at the top almost every hour. The light in the building isn't great, but we have some tube lights inside to help us see the colors of the threads correctly. It’s a very busy environment with people coming in and out all day long. We don't have much space to sit, so we're usually on our feet. Dealing with the wholesalers in the morning is the busiest part of our day. We don't have a fancy catalog; you just have to come in and see what we have on the shelves. Sometimes we lose track of time because there are no windows to see the sun. It’s just the way things are in Chickpet. We are just a small part of this big market, doing our work every day and hoping for a good breeze.