a little coat story

A cousin of mine reads about my rave of the perfect steel mug for keeping cold cold and hot and hot, and ends up buying 20 to give as holiday gifts.

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I bump into someone I know (a friend of a friend) who tells me her son is graduating from Cornell this May, and thanks me for my blog. She now knows to make any reservations a year in advance. 

And then there is the friend who reads about my returned knives to Zwilling/Henckles after learning of their lifetime guarantee. She later emails me:

I sent 2 steak knives to Zwilling/Henckels — they are out of stock on my knives until December.  So the woman I spoke to is sending me a brand new set of 4 of the same knives.  (I did not even ask her to do this!!)

My kitchen shears have a new model number, so she is sending me the best NEW one they make.

My serrated knife model was discontinued, she is sending me a BETTER one that they currently make.

I love when this happens.

So, in the spirit of maybe someone will find this information useful, here's my little coat story.

I am walking out of a restaurant and my favorite black lightweight Moncler coat catches on the side of a counter and I hear the awful sound of tearing. 

And then I see the proof, a small wispy white feather.

I take the coat to my reliable seamstress who looks at it and says, "Oh, I don't touch these coats. When they first became popular I tried, but the needle in the nylon fabric just makes the hole bigger."

I come home and call Moncler. They tell me  there is one place, and one place only, that they use to fix their coats. So today I take a trip to SOHO.

I take the subway to Bleecker, and then walk west on Houston, passing an interesting wall.



A few blocks later I find the place I'm looking for on Sixth.



Apparently King Garment Center receives Moncler coats from all over the country.  I show Gissett (the nice young woman behind the counter) my coat.





She calls over Rosa, the Moncler master seamstress.



Rosa explains to Gissette in Spanish what needs to be done, and Gissette translates for me.  Rosa will replace the torn panel with an identical Moncler fabric. Unfortunately, the tear is not on a seam, but instead near two zippers, making the repair more complicated..



I'm told my three-year old coat will look like new.  For $175 it should!