October is Italian American Heritage Month. Part of that heritage is hanging in your closet.
Since 1989
Congress designated October as Italian-American Heritage and Culture Month in 1989, timed to Columbus Day.
New York, 1900s
The garment industry's workers were largely young immigrant women, most of them Italian or Jewish.
A respectable way to earn
Girls grew up sewing. Needlework could build a dowry or bring money home without leaving the family.
Still in the closet
The same trained hands still finish seams and collars in small Italian workshops today.
From Maria's edit
If your grandmother sewed, look at the inside of something she made.