Best Tailor
Coco’s Alterations Coco Blakely knew she had a passion for tailoring when she was a 13-year-old girl growing up in Arad, Romania. In Europe, tailor shops are a part of a generally less off-the-shelf culture, and she found herself fascinated whenever she accompanied her mother to the tailor. She began studying with a tailor, and soon she was doing all the tailoring for her high school’s uniforms. But Coco never thought of it as more than a hobby until she came to the United States. She had a son, Joseph, 13 years ago, and 10 years ago opened up a little shop on Torrance Boulevard to help raise him and pay for his education. “I changed the hobby into a job by necessity,” Coco said of opening her own shop. “…This way, I do what I want. I am just a mom. I am not a businessperson.” Her son, Joseph, has spent much of his childhood hanging out at the shop, which has become a downright beloved part of the neighborhood. “Well, first of all, she is European – she knows fabric, she knows cut, and she knows make something fit,” said Geraldine Dirks, a customer of 10 years who has come to Coco’s for everything from minor repairs to family wedding dresses. “She is actually not just somebody who…
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