85-year-old tailor returns to workforce full-time after retirement

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (Aging Untold) — Alice Taylor is 85 years old and works full-time. She handles all tailoring for Charlotte’s three Dillard’s locations, adjusting sleeves on shirts and jackets, hemming pants and working on gowns, which she considers her specialty.

She works five days a week, eight hours a day.

Taylor’s current position is her second stint working full-time. She previously worked more than 30 years before retiring.

‘It gives me energy’

When asked why she returned to the workforce, Taylor said the work itself drives her…

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