USA. NYC. 2018. Kim is from Seoul, Korea and the owner of a shop called “Kim’s Tailors”, a business that provides tailoring and dry-cleaing
services. Kim moved to New York when she was thirty years old, worked in a garment factory during the day and attended
night school at FIT. She learned English through her work and night classes. Kim worked for a designer that sold to Saks
Fifth Avenue, and in 2000 opened her own shop at 88th and Amsterdam Avenue. In 2006 her landlord raised the rent
and Kim was forced to relocate. A customer knew of a basement space around the corner, so she relocated. This is the
space that Kim’s Tailors now occupies. Kim is the workforce behind one of the most beloved tailors and cleaners in the
neighborhood.