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Wednesday, August 28, 2019
To do a bridal gown on my own, not as a paid worker — it was a dream. But… but. My job. Yocheved. She was my boss, and this was her design
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Wednesday, August 21, 2019
I doubted Yocheved even knew that fresh flowers went against the takanos deal. I never shared the nitty-gritty takanos details with her. I avoided takanos conversation with her in ...
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Wednesday, August 14, 2019
Shevy twisted the bag around her finger and inhaled. “I’m not dumb. I know something’s wrong. You’re hiding something about the Engels. What is it? Tell me, I can handle it”
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Wednesday, August 07, 2019
A quick calculation in my head — fabric, beadwork, sewing, overhead, markup — and I estimated the gown would cost in the 18k range. “Nuts,” I muttered
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Wednesday, July 31, 2019
I urgently tried telepathizing a warning to Shlomo, don’t get worked up. We wanted Shevy to marry their son, this was mortifying. Chesky was going to kill us
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Wednesday, July 24, 2019
“Wow,” the mother whispered when I held up the dress. “It’s… wow”
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Wednesday, July 17, 2019
Friedman — another Friedman. One out of ten gowns I sewed was for a Friedman
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Wednesday, July 10, 2019
“We’re not even talking to those people. They should go to cheap rentals or gemachs"
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Wednesday, July 03, 2019
It was a brilliant idea. I hated it for being such a good idea
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Wednesday, June 26, 2019
"No more clichéd copywriting and dull pictures of lace. We’re meeting with AB Marketing Group next week"
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Wednesday, June 19, 2019
I wondered what was up with that seamstress, but I couldn’t dwell on her. The Kohlmans were waiting for me to design a gown that would make headlines. It was going to be a long ni ...
