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...size delta of 250 rivers, half of the capital, Dhaka, is under water. Thirty million people are in distress nationwide; nearly 500 people and 55,000 cows have died from drowning, disease or bites from snakes crowding the dry land. In her hut in eastern Dhaka, 20-year-old garment factory worker Rahela Khatoon chained her two-year-old son to a bamboo pole to save him from a black tide of sewage, pollution and the occasional swollen body floating past her front door. "It's like living on the edge of a boat," she says. "The snakes swim under...
...uninitiated, the traditional Chinese cheongsam is a tightly fitted garment, with side slits that go as high as the wearer dares?from modest notches above the knee to attention-grabbing openings as high as the upper thigh. Precision tailoring is vital, and that's why Cao's clients flock to him from as far afield as Hong Kong and Taiwan. "I have made thousands of cheongsam," he says. "How could I remember how many?" Still, he has kept up with the trends. "Women used to be more modest," shrugs Cao. "Now they want everything tighter, shorter and more colorful." Prices...
...night before I was planning to pass on the shirt, I received an e-mail from Joe Garcia ’84, confirming that he was its original owner. It had been a gift from Dollar-a-Pound, a still-extant used clothing store in the Garment District. He passed it on to his successor as a bit of a joke, never expecting it to last...
...Kims are part of a phenomenon sociologists call ethnic niche business, in which an immigrant group comes to dominate an industry, often with no discernible connection to its original culture. Think Chinese and laundry services, Arabs and gas stations, Koreans and groceries. And garments too. Experts estimate that more than half the 144,000 garment workers in Southern California are of Korean origin and up to half the companies are Korean owned. Entrepreneurs of Indian origin today own 38% of all hotels in the U.S. and more than half of budget motels. Mexican Americans whose forebears worked California's vineyards...
...Muslim world rejected this practice of Romans and Persians. Consider for example this story of the early history of Islam. In battle, Ali, Mohamad?s son in law, was about to deliver the death blow to an idolater, Talha. At that moment, Talha?s lower garment fell away and exposed his genitals. Ali averted his face, and spared the man. Mohammad asked him why, and Ali replied the man was nude and asked that the life be spared...