Jain Zip & Button House

Jain Zip & Button House is located at No. 1664- A/15 on the first floor. We are right on the main road in Govind Puri, which means it is never quiet outside. To get to us, you have to walk up a narrow flight of stairs that can be a bit dark. Once you get inside, you see rows and rows of small plastic bins and cardboard boxes. These are filled with every kind of zip and button you could imagine. We have them in all colors and sizes. It is a very specific kind of business. We spend a lot of time helping people match a button to a piece of fabric they brought in. Sometimes it takes twenty minutes just to find the right shade of green. We don't have a computer system for our inventory; we just know where things are by looking at the labels we wrote by hand. The room is quite small and the shelves go all the way to the ceiling. We have to use a ladder to reach the top rows. My brother and I run the place most days. We sit behind a wooden counter that is scratched and worn from years of use. We see a lot of local tailors and small designers who need supplies for their projects. The traffic on the main road below is always honking, but we have grown used to the noise over the years. It is a simple, steady way to spend the day and we don't ask for much else.