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Elim Garak ([personal profile] the_tailor_spy) wrote in [community profile] ten_fwd2015-09-13 06:28 pm

Not precisely Portabello Road, but...(OTA - Garak opens a shop!)

He had spent some time on this. After being assigned quarters - mercifully free of a roommate - the only thing to do was rearrange them to his liking. Easier said than done, certainly. Asking the replicator for anything Cardassian had prompted some impertinent questions from security, so he had made do with paint. Toning down the Federation colours into something more pleasing to the Cardassian eye.

But that had been his quarters. The question remained...what do with the other half? He had almost sighed, inwardly, when the answer came. There really was only one thing. At least he was good at it.

He had partially walled off one side of the quarters halfway with what construction materials he could get from the replicator, and the rest was behind some rather nice red curtains. A little touch of bright theatricality, but since his clientele here would be overwhelmingly human by the look of things, it never hurt to play to their sensibilities. On the bit of wall, well. He had reached into the hidden pouch in his bag and past the disassembled phaser components to bring out the rolled canvas he had carefully put there. Lovingly framed, he hung the art on the bit of wall. Not too obtrusively, really, not even noticeably. But it was there.

For a long time, after that, he had just stared at it. The last piece of Tora Ziyal he had.

But, to work. The other half was beginning to fill with reams of fabric. He'd brought some with him, others were replicated. Still more he was making himself from replicated materials. Hand-made had such a special cachet, after all.

Bit by bit, the tailoring shop was filling. The advertisements he had been putting up around the ship, well. Those would help, too.

He stood, brushing lint from a jacket on display. A simple grey, true, but in a somewhat modern cut. Business-like, but with that hint of...fun.

He really was a very good tailor.

boring replicated jumpsuit, something geenric

[personal profile] diamonds_are_forever 2015-09-25 02:59 am (UTC)(link)
"I have one acceptable suit already," Emma said, considering the one on the mannequin. It was much finer quality than her suit. "I could always use another, and something nice to wear on dates, perhaps." She considered who she would be dating and decdided it would just have to be saved for a rainy day.

[personal profile] diamonds_are_forever 2015-10-03 12:26 pm (UTC)(link)
"I'm more than willing to try something new." Even with her limited exposure she knew the standard fare from the replicator wasn't the most flattering.

When he showed her the light fabric she reached out, touching it delicately. It would certainly not work for her counseling duties, but she had other needs beyond that. Perhaps it was time to move in on some of the prey she'd been baiting. "This is a little light for everyday, but it would make a fantastic dress for nighttime. Does it come in white?"

[personal profile] diamonds_are_forever 2015-10-16 07:23 pm (UTC)(link)
"A suit is more my style. A dress seems either too formal or too informal for a counselor." She wandered around a little as she spoke, examining more of his work. "I suppose fashions are different between cultures. Are you the only one of your kind here?"

[personal profile] diamonds_are_forever 2015-10-27 02:05 pm (UTC)(link)
"Yes, that all sounds about right." He doesn't sound upset about being the only one of his species, so she doesn't pursue the subject any more. Though she'd be terribly lonely if she was the only mutant, she can understand why some people might not want to be around their people. "How long do you think it will take to make such a suit?"