They Had Big Plans for the Lockdown. This Is What Happened.
https://fashionschoolnj.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/karens-school-of-fashion-featured-on-new-york-times-1-1024x683.jpg 1024 683 Chase Jennings Chase Jennings https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/ac382e7a4d570ca7157942edf053273b?s=96&d=mm&r=gAs the pandemic drags on, some of us who had grand plans for self improvement as we sheltered in place are tearing up those to-do lists.
Indeed, Sewmark Sewing Machines, a store in the garment district, sold three times more machines this spring than a year earlier. Karen Lozner, 51, the founder of the Karen School of Fashion, noticed in March that fueled by fears of a shortage of masks, people began signing up to learn how to make them. And some, like Mr. Kallo, she said, “are staying with it. While they’re not working, they figure it might be nice to learn how to fix their pants.”
Or maybe, to expand their waistband for the extra “quarantine 15” pounds that some have packed on despite early stabs at exercise.
In April, interest for yoga classes surged, with about a third of sign-ups being first-timers, said Tori Milner, 48, an instructor at the Iyengar Yoga Association of Greater New York, which went online after closing its Manhattan and Brooklyn studios.
Originally posted on Sept. 25, 2020 by C.J. Hughes on NYTimes.com. Read the full article here.