The Boubou Tailor

The 116th Street tailor fits a grand boubou with pins in his lips, bolts of wax print towering behind like a cathedral of color. The customer turns in the mirror and the garment catches air like a sail

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Part of NEW YORKERS by MLow, a painted census of New York City: 7,541 characters across 19 eras. Read the history of the places or spin into a room of the museum.