On Dimitrie Cantemir at number 20, in the workshop that is here for 20 years, now clients come to Ms. Maria, who works here for the past 8 years. There are not many staircases to climb and that makes the workshop very convenient. The neighbours are gathering at the ground floor to chat. At the tailor shop like on social media. In the workshop clothes are made from scratch, custom made, and multiple fixings. The new clients are often coming to the workshop through recommendations, having heard from each other.
Bd. Dimitrie Cantemir, nr. 20
“Prăvălia lui Virgil” is an excelent example of someone that is said to be “in tune with the trends”. Mr Virgil has always paid attention to how he can accomodate the client’s whishes and to all the novelties. When he is at the shop he wears all the time an leather apron handmade in his shop. Here you can mend fur clothing, shoes, one can shapen scissors, duplicate keys, paint leather, but one can also create from scratch leather products.
Strada Atelierului, nr. 19
Imagine a 10 square meter room with a long table, 5 workplaces on one side, 5 workplaces on one side. 90 cm each. This is how craftsman Constantin began his apprenticeship at UCECOM for becoming a jeweller. Although initially he felt disconcerted by the uninterrupted 8 hours spent on a chair, over time he got used to it and acquired the meticulousness and patience required for this craft.
Calea Moşilor, Nr. 268
Artim Tailor Shop has moved here in Crângaşi after having for many years the address on Ion Mihalache Bvd, where one can still see hanged on the wall the beautiful burgundy volumetric letters of the frontispiece. The team of the workshop has remained the same and is rady to welcome new customers. Both women and men touch ups, both not so ordinary and day to day touch ups are all done at time and thouroughly.
Calea Crângaşi, nr. 13
Whoever still owns the fabric orders a fur coat these days”. The furriery is located here since the interwar period. The furrier, Mr. Curcan, learnt the art of furriery from his father, who in turn learnt it from the famous Jewish artisans on Colțea street. This workshop is one of the few remaining open. “The fur material is not the same as cloth, that you cut directly and it’s tailored. It has flaws: it’s shot, pierced, has breasts. They need to be removed, because these areas have no fur
Strada Colței, Nr. 20
The whetting workshop “La Ştefan” is not a common whetting workshop. Not because the whetter is very good at sharpening all sorts of things which may seem impossible to sharpen, but because the moment we set a step inside the workshop, we are surrounded by paintings. Mr. Stefan is not an art collector but a painter and all the paintings in the workshop are his creation. A man of many talents. So next time we need to sharpen something, but we also want to feel like in an art space we can pay a visit to Mr. Ştefan.
Strada Popa Tatu, nr. 83
Mr Ilie’s shoe repair shop is next door to a tailor shop, right on Popa Soare Str. The usuals of the shop, mostly living in the neighborhood, always greet him, especially when the shoe-maker works at a new pair of shoes in front of the shop. He is in this business for a very long time and he is saddened by the fact that youngsters are not attracted by the show making craft. For him the work he does is a relaxing work that gives him great satisfaction and that in time has proven to be a good and stable means of supporting himself and his family.
Strada Popa Soare, nr. 20
Mr. Petru says that since the passage Grant was built, fewer people step inside his shop for glasses and mirrors. Changes in the urban landscape are most of the time crucial to small family businesses or for workshops of this kind. But thanks to internet , now we can easily bypass the street and to know that around the corner we can find Mr Petru who works with glass.
Strada Crângași, nr 10, bl. 19A
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