My exwife is an extremely good seamstress and worked for a tailor in Midland, TX when we lived there. She also took in work at home. The wife of a man then worth around $500,000,000 brought my wife her husband's wide ties, all of the top quality, to be narrowed as described here. Narrowing out of style ties is good way to save money and put yourself on the road to fortune.

The rich man's wife also brought my wife some fabric and a pattern and had a gown made to wear to Ronald Reagan's inaugural ball. Total cost about $100. A pennynsaved is a penny earned.