Faith Dresses

You can find us at Shop No 5-8-595/B/16 in Mubarak Bazar Lane. This part of Abids is always crowded and the lane is narrow, so it gets a bit cramped when delivery bikes come through. Faith Dresses has been here for a while now. Inside, the walls are lined with clothes and the smell of new fabric is very strong. We don't have much room for fancy decorations or anything. There are just some racks and a couple of mirrors that need cleaning more often than we get to them. My cousin helps me out with the heavy lifting when new bundles arrive. We spend a lot of time just checking buttons and loose threads. The noise from the main road carries in here, mostly just horns and people shouting. Sometimes we sit on the plastic stools near the door when there are no customers. It’s a simple setup. We don't have a computer, just a big ledger book where we write everything down by hand. The ink sometimes smudges if our hands are sweaty from the heat. We eat lunch in the back behind a curtain. It's not a glamorous job, but it keeps us busy. Most people who come in live nearby and they know where to find us. We just try to keep the shop organized, even though the piles of dresses seem to grow every week.