Yasmin Garments

Yasmin Garments is located right on the Dharavi Main Road. We are at Shop No. 49 in the Chamda Bazar area, specifically within the Aabu Bakar Furniturewala Chawl in Mumbai. It’s a very busy part of the city, as anyone who has been here knows. Our shop is small but we cram a lot of work into it. There’s constant noise from the street outside and the other shops nearby. We’ve been here for years, and we’ve seen the whole area change around us. Inside, it's mostly stacks of garments and some working space. It’s not the kind of place you’d find in a mall; it’s a real working shop. We spend our days dealing with customers and making sure the stock is sorted. It gets quite hot in the summer months, but we keep the fans going and stay busy. The space is tight, so we have to be very organized with where we put things. We know most of the neighbors and the other shop owners on this stretch of the road. It’s a lot of hard work, often staying late to finish things up. We don't have a big marketing team or anything like that. People just find us by walking through the bazar or hearing about us from others. It’s a humble setup, but it’s where we do our business every single day. We keep some snacks in the back and try to have a laugh when things get too stressful. The shop cat usually sleeps on top of the fabric.