Kathmandu, April 8 -- Tucked away in a corner of Hyumat is a small, dark store where Krishna Man Kapali has been tailoring custom-made suits for over five decades. Kapali's SS Tailors specialises in menswear, and although the shop is so small, you could easily miss it, his waiting list is over a month long and his clientele consists of Kathmandu's elite.

Worth the wait

Kapali was sixteen years old when he started his career as a tailor at Model Tailors in New Road. While that shop is no more, back in the 60s, Model was known as one of the best and biggest tailoring places in Kathmandu, so much that even the royals got their suits tailored there. Model catered to diplomats and Kathmandu's elites at the time and had a reputation for deliv...