I Opened a Women's Clothing Shop in the Nineteenth Century

When she woke up, Elina had traveled back to nineteenth-century France.

Paris was in the height of summer, and the fashion boutiques along the Champs-Elysees were bustling.

In elegant shops, aristocratic ladies chose delicate Lyon gauze and all kinds of lace ribbons to have crinoline summer dresses made to order.

A single order was worth several years of an ordinary person's living expenses.

But Elina and her family were crammed into a cramped room, packed with wooden sewing tables and baskets piled high with scraps of linen. They could barely turn around.

The sweltering summer heat made it hard to breathe. Their only window was narrow and dilapidated, and opening it let in nothing but hot air.

After paying the rent and business tax, they could barely afford to eat.

The most urgent thing was to get the shop in order.

After staying up for several nights, Elina managed to make a beautiful linen petticoat.

Rue Royale fashion district / Old Rue Mouffetard / Paris, France / Running a shop

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