Georges de Paris, tailor to US presidents, dead at 81

Georges de Paris, a French tailor who came to America and ended up broke and homeless before resurrecting his career to make suits for presidents from Lyndon Johnson to Barack Obama, died Sunday. He was 81.
De Paris died in a hospice in Arlington, Virginia near the US capital after a long illness, a friend of his, Dimasito Pereira, told AFP.

Another friend, Alain Trampoglieri, told AFP from France that de Paris had been diagnosed with a brain tumor two years ago.
But de Paris continued working at his Washington shop up until two months ago, said Pereira.
In his heyday, de Paris worked for Ronald Reagan, among others, who shared with de Paris some of his trademark jelly beans, and with Johnson, who introduced the suit maker to his wife and daughters.
Reagan talked a lot and knew good fabric, de Paris once told AFP.
A native of Marseille in southern France, de Paris was a diminutive man with a long, unruly mane of white hair. He had a tailor shop just a few blocks from the White House, and always dressed impeccably.
He learned his trade in France and came to the United States in the late 1950s at the age of 27 with his life savings of $4,000.
In a photograph taken at the White House last year, de Paris is seen with his arm around a smiling Obama and a tape measure draped around his shoulders.
That is just one of many photos of de Paris posing with US presidents that adorn his shop.

Hmmm. With how advanced Americans are, one would think that  all the Presidents import their apparels. Well well well, its good to know that they patronize simple people as well.

I learnt in church on sunday about skill building. See this man 'De Paris' came to America the land of the free to search for a better life and he has made a name for himself today and forever he will always be remembered. Do you know difficult it is to get a good tailor?

So i think it's important for every individual to acquire a skill. It would take you places.
Get a skill,Work hard to perfect that skill and the sky is your limit. Notice in the world today, the genuinely few very rich people on earth got to where they are today because of their skills in various works of life. Do your research. Its a True Story.
So make it a goal this new week to work on getting a skill. Sit down and really think of something you find very interesting and work towards it. Trust me. It works...
xoXO...