A needle on a Singer sewing machine is seen at Gieves & Hawkes tailors on Savile Row, ahead of the Coronation of King Charles and Queen Camilla, in London, Britain, April 14, 2023. REUTERS/Dylan Martinez 

Yasmine Ahmad, 33, uses a sewing machine at a workshop in Jinwar, an all-women village, in Al-Darbasiyah town that is controlled by Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces, northeastern Syria, March 7, 2023. REUTERS/Orhan Qereman 

A worker uses a sewing machine at a tent manufacturing workshop, in the aftermath of a deadly earthquake, in the rebel-held northwestern Syrian city of Azaz, Syria February 18, 2023. REUTERS/Mahmoud Hassano 

Workers use sewing machines at a tent manufacturing workshop, in the aftermath of a deadly earthquake, in the rebel-held northwestern Syrian city of Azaz, Syria February 18, 2023. REUTERS/Mahmoud Hassano 

A woman uses an electric sewing machine at her shop, after the government announced a hike in power prices by 66% from today onwards, in Colombo, Sri Lanka February 16, 2023. REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte REFILE - CORRECTING DATE 

A worker sews shoes on a machine at shoe manufacturer Full Time, in Caracas, Venezuela October 24, 2022. REUTERS/Leonardo Fernandez Viloria 

Reena Ben works on a solar-powered sewing machine to stitch clothes inside her one-room house in Modhera, India's first round-the-clock solar-powered village, in the western state of Gujarat, India, October 19, 2022. REUTERS/Sunil Kataria 

A combination picture shows K. P. R. Priyadarshani, 54, as she poses with her 16-year-old son Ramika Lakdin, and Priyadarshani working with her sewing machine in her home at Wanathamulla, Colombo, and Sri Lanka, August 4, 2022. "For the last two years, I have sewed clothes for a kids' clothing shop. But with the onset of the economic crisis, we have experienced a drastic drop in the buying of clothing, as people don?t have money to buy food, let alone clothes. I expected to earn more but it's very difficult because of the present economic conditions," said Priyadarshani. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon SEARCH "KIM COLOMBO ECONOMY" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

K. P. R. Priyadarshani, 54, works with her sewing machine in her home at Wanathamulla, Colombo, Sri Lanka, August 4, 2022. "For the last two years, I have sewed clothes for a kids' clothing shop. But with the onset of the economic crisis, we have experienced a drastic drop in buying of clothing, as people don't have money to buy food let alone clothes. I expected to earn more but it's very difficult because of the present economic conditions," said Priyadarshani. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon SEARCH "KIM COLOMBO ECONOMY" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

A sewing machine is seen at the closed workshop of Christos Papadopoulos, in Kastoria, Greece, July 6, 2022. REUTERS/Alexandros Avramidis 

A view shows sewing machine on remains of a residential house destroyed during Russia's invasion, in the village of Yahidne, Ukraine April 20, 2022. REUTERS/Vladyslav Musiienko 

A sewing machine prints Ukrainian national flag patterns onto a piece of textile for military usage at a textile factory, amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine, in Lviv, Ukraine, March 30, 2022. REUTERS/Joseph Campbell 

An embroidered Aston Martin logo is seen on a sewing machine at the company’s factory in Gaydon, Britain, March 16, 2022. Picture taken March 16, 2022. REUTERS/Phil Noble 

Inmates clean sewing machines rescued from a fire in a tailor shop inside La Esperanza prison, in Ayutuxtepeque, El Salvador February 11, 2022. REUTERS/Jose Cabezas 

Inmates clean sewing machines rescued from a fire in a tailor shop inside La Esperanza prison, in Ayutuxtepeque, El Salvador February 11, 2022. REUTERS/Jose Cabezas 

A female inmate sews at a correctional and rehabilitation centre during a government-guided tour for the media, in Badr City, on the outskirts of Cairo, Egypt, December 30, 2021. Picture taken December 30, 2021. REUTERS/Staff 

Roda Aftan Shlash, a 42-year old mother who fled Islamic State militants in eastern Syria with her family five years ago, sits with one of her children near her sewing machine at home in Jaramana, in Damascus suburb, Syria, January 18, 2022. Picture taken January 18, 2022. REUTERS/Yamam al Shaar 

An Afghan woman uses a sewing machine to sew garments at a sewing workshop in Kabul, Afghanistan January 15, 2022. Picture taken January 15, 2022. REUTERS/Ali Khara 

Afghan women use sewing machines to sew garments at a sewing workshop in Kabul, Afghanistan January 15, 2022. Picture taken January 15, 2022. REUTERS/Ali Khara 

Jiya, 35, a transgender woman and commercial tailor, assists her colleague at a sewing machine at her shop in Karachi, Pakistan April 5, 2021. Picture taken April 5, 2021. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro 

A fashion design student works on his sewing machine backstage during a digital fashion show at the Institut Francais de la Mode as part of the Women's Fashion Week in Paris, France, February 20, 2021. Picture taken February 20, 2021. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier 

Ali Sarsour, an upholsterer, works on a sewing machine at his home in Amman, Jordan February 6, 2021. Picture taken February 6, 2021. REUTERS/Alaa Al Sukhni 

Bob Brindisi shows a sewing machine he is repairing at his White / Singer Sew-N-Vac shop in the Northampton County city of Easton, Pennsylvania, U.S., October 1, 2020. "Business went north after the pandemic," said Brindisi, a Biden supporter. "People wanted to sew homemade masks." Photo taken October 1, 2020. REUTERS/Brian Snyder 

Ines Prandini, Gino Verani's wife, sits in front of a sewing machine at her home, during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in San Fiorano, Italy, September 2, 2020. Marzio Toniolo, Prandini's grandson, who took the photo, said that Prandini closed herself in a shell of sadness and melancholy, when she was not able to see Verani for two weeks and was convinced that sooner or later she would be able to bring him home. Her wish, Toniolo said, was that Verani could die at home, however, he said it was unthinkable to be able to manage a patient in those conditions in a home and without adequate assistance. REUTERS/Marzio Toniolo SEARCH "TONIOLO GRANDFATHER" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

A woman checks clothes as she sits at a sewing machine operated by foot pedal, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti July 24, 2020. Picture taken July 24, 2020. REUTERS/Andres Martinez Casares 

Mannequin parts and a sewing machine are seen amid debris after floods caused by torrential rain in Hitoyoshi, Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan, July 8, 2020. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon 

A worker uses a sewing machine to embroider Chinese characters "Ji Xiang", symbolising good luck, on a piece of silk cloth for making a face mask designed by Zhou Li, at a studio in Beijing, following the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, China May 17, 2020. Picture taken May 17, 2020. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang 

A woman uses a sewing machine to manufacture face masks to help fight the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at the Raila Educational Centre in the Kibera slums in Nairobi, Kenya, April 18, 2020. REUTERS/Baz Ratner 

Women use sewing machines to manufacture face masks to help fight the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at the Raila Educational Centre in the Kibera slums in Nairobi, Kenya, April 18, 2020. REUTERS/Baz Ratner 

A woman uses a sewing machine to manufacture face masks to help fight the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at the Raila Educational Centre in the Kibera slums in Nairobi, Kenya, April 18, 2020. REUTERS/Baz Ratner 

A volunteer from Nairobi's governor Sonko rescue team sprays disinfectants in a room where other women use sewing machines to manufacture face masks to help fight the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at the Raila Educational Centre in the Kibera slums in Nairobi, Kenya, April 18, 2020. REUTERS/Baz Ratner 

A volunteer from Nairobi's governor Sonko rescue team sprays disinfectants outside a room where women use sewing machines to manufacture face masks to help fight the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at the Raila Educational Centre in the Kibera slums in Nairobi, Kenya, April 18, 2020. REUTERS/Baz Ratner 

Women use sewing machines to manufacture face masks to help fight the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at the Raila Educational Centre in the Kibera slums in Nairobi, Kenya, April 18, 2020. REUTERS/Baz Ratner 

Women use sewing machines to manufacture face masks to help fight the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at the Raila Educational Centre in the Kibera slums in Nairobi, Kenya, April 18, 2020. REUTERS/Baz Ratner 

A woman uses a sewing machine to manufacture face masks to help fight the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at the Raila Educational Centre in the Kibera slums in Nairobi, Kenya, April 18, 2020. REUTERS/Baz Ratner 

A worker sews washable versions of masks sized to fit everyone from children to bearded men who shun shaving due to their religion, during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Kibbutz Tzuba, Israel April 16, 2020. REUTERS/Dedi Hayun 

A Chilean gendarme stands guard at an access of a jail where inmates (unseen) are manufacturing preventive masks for themselves at a sewing machine workshop, following the outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Santiago, Chile April 9, 2020. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado 

Inmates cut cloth to manufacture preventive masks for themselves at a sewing machine workshop inside a jail, following the outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Santiago, Chile April 9, 2020. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado 

An homemade device to desinfectant shoes is placed under a metal detector at an access of a jail where inmates (unsee) are manufacturing preventive masks for themselves at a sewing machine workshop, following the outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Santiago, Chile April 9, 2020. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado 

An inmate wears a crucifix while manufacturing preventive masks for themselves at a sewing machine workshop inside a jail, following the outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Santiago, Chile April 9, 2020. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado 

An inmate manufactures preventive masks for themselves at a sewing machine workshop inside a jail, following the outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Santiago, Chile April 9, 2020. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado 

An inmate, next to a Chilean gendarme, cuts cloth to manufacture preventive masks for themselves at a sewing machine workshop inside a jail, following the outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Santiago, Chile April 9, 2020. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado 

Inmates measure cloth to manufacture preventive masks for themselves at a sewing machine workshop inside a jail, following the outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Santiago, Chile April 9, 2020. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado 

Kemi Adepoju, a dressmaker, sews a dress with a sewing machine in her shop amid the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Lagos, Nigeria April 5, 2020. Picture taken April 5, 2020. REUTERS/Seun Sanni 

A woman buys a preventive cloth mask at a sewing machine workshop, following the outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Concepcion, Chile March 30, 2020. REUTERS/Jose Luis Saavedra 

A woman holds up preventive cloth masks at a sewing machine workshop, following the outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Concepcion, Chile March 30, 2020. REUTERS/Jose Luis Saavedra 

A woman uses a sewing machine to manufacture preventive cloth masks at a sewing workshop, following the outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Concepcion, Chile March 30, 2020. REUTERS/Jose Luis Saavedra 

A woman uses a sewing machine to manufacture preventive cloth masks at a sewing workshop, following the outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Concepcion, Chile March 30, 2020. REUTERS/Jose Luis Saavedra 

An employee collects machine-cut materials to move them to the mask sewing area at Kaas Tailored, which is working with Providence to make thousands of masks and face shields a day for healthcare workers during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Mukilteo, Washington, U.S. March 24, 2020. REUTERS/Lindsey Wasson 

A woman uses a sewing machine during a workshop to learn how to make face masks to protect against coronavirus in Bangkok, Thailand March 9, 2020. Picture taken March 9, 2020. REUTERS/Chalinee Thirasupa 

Chris Agiriga, 23, one of the Nigerian men arrested on charges of public display of affection with members of the same sex, uses a sewing machine at his home in Lagos, Nigeria, February 14, 2020. Agiriga now lives in a safe house for men in Lagos. He says he lost his job as a community outreach worker with an HIV charity after his arrest. "I called my director. He saw what happened on TV. He said he couldn't employ me because it brings shame," Agiriga said. Before the raid, Agiriga wanted to pursue a career as a fashion designer. But he dropped out of his fashion course after losing the job that funded his studies. Agiriga now works as an HIV counsellor for a nonprofit group. REUTERS/Temilade Adelaja SEARCH "NIGERIA LGBT" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY. 

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson uses a sewing machine as he visits John Smedley Mill in Matlock, Derbyshire, Britain December 5, 2019. REUTERS/Hannah McKay/Pool 

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson uses a sewing machine as he visits John Smedley Mill in Matlock, Derbyshire, Britain December 5, 2019. REUTERS/Hannah McKay/Pool 

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson uses a sewing machine as he visits John Smedley Mill in Matlock, Derbyshire, Britain December 5, 2019. REUTERS/Hannah McKay/Pool 

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson uses a sewing machine as he visits John Smedley Mill in Matlock, Derbyshire, Britain December 5, 2019. REUTERS/Hannah McKay/Pool 

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson uses a sewing machine as he visits John Smedley Mill in Matlock, Derbyshire, Britain December 5, 2019. REUTERS/Hannah McKay/Pool TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson uses a sewing machine as he visits John Smedley Mill in Matlock, Derbyshire, Britain December 5, 2019. REUTERS/Hannah McKay/Pool 

A woman sews with a machine a piece of cloth at a garment assembly line of Thanh Cong textile, garment, investment and trading company in Ho Chi Minh city, Vietnam July 9, 2019. Picture taken July 9, 2019. REUTERS/Yen Duong 

A woman sews with a machine a piece of cloth at a garment assembly line of Thanh Cong textile, garment, investment and trading company in Ho Chi Minh city, Vietnam July 9, 2019. Picture taken July 9, 2019. REUTERS/Yen Duong 

Former bargeman Viktor, 62, sews on a sewing machine near his wooden hut located in the Siberian Taiga area on a bank of the Yenisei River, outside Krasnoyarsk, Russia June 18, 2019. Picture taken June 18, 2019. REUTERS/Ilya Naymushin