Considering what made-to-measure should mean, getting an alteration can be be so impersonal. Not when it's Mrs. Chau fixing the seemingly unfixable. It's not just the quality of her work, that she's the kind of old-school seamstress that other professionals recommend. It's not just that she can work miracles on materials so fragile and unusual that half the supposed tailors in this city couldn't tell them from rayon. It's the maternal greeting you get, the feeling of family, the stories and warmth that only can come from Mrs. Chau.
