Stringing items collectively on a stitching machine

By Express News Service
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Like many nowadays, Simson Antony is working from residence. On his industrial stitching machine.  So what’s the large deal? For him, that is life rebooted, the transition having began only a month in the past. 

The 42-year-old Poonthura native was working in a BPO in Bengaluru when he misplaced his job after the Covid outbreak. He additionally misplaced his mom, Flory, through the interval, and located himself on the verge of falling into the abyss of melancholy. But a course he did a number of years in the past in vogue designing with the Apparel Training and Design Centre (ATDC) on the Kinfra International Apparel Park has come to his rescue. He has fought again, as a clothier. And his designs are promoting like sizzling truffles. 

Last month, in a determined try to search out sustenance, Simson put up a put up on the Facebook group ‘Where in Trivandrum’ highlighting his plight as a household man with no earnings. He even considered promoting do-it-yourself meals on the streets, however by no means gave vogue an opportunity amid a plethora of boutiques.

“I guess, tough times bring out the best in each of us. I had been styling and designing for family and friends for the past 20 years. I just decided to give my hobby the chance of a career. Now, I have orders until February,” mentioned an elated Simson.

With the “fear factor” vanishing, he’s making ready to upgade from a “one-man show” and launch his personal model with skilled employees underneath him, give them high quality coaching, with the help of his spouse, Helen Rani, and their son Mell Michael.