prayagraj the second wave of covid19 and curfew have hit the fashion industry very hard and local designers in sangam city fear uncertainty in futureuncertainty looms large like never before on designers and tailors as the pandemic has put couture business in danger zonecity based fashion designer shirin ali says we are facing uncertainty as our sales have dipped to a major extent customers are not coming due to curfew this is the second eid season in which all our expectations of doing good business have been hit we have been facing losses for the past two yearsthe trend of online shopping has also become popular and has dented our business to a major extent ali addedgone are the days when customers used to carry their decadesold baranasi sarees to designers and asked us to design latest outfits from them recalls ali adding the timing of both the first and second corona wave has hit us and snatched our business in two consecutive festive seasonsthe business had revived well by february and we were hopeful of our sales increasing further in the marriage and festive season but now it is difficult to say if there would be any business recovery this year said aditi another fashion designerwe also offer online shopping but customers prefer buying from big ecommerce sites as they get exchange facilities she addedthe local designers say queries for orders and bookings had started coming in march but the second wave hit the wedding season first and now the eid one alsothe owner of a showroom trader at civil lines said no one knows when this situation will improve and when our business will revivethe pandemic has changed the lifestyle and priorities and spending money on fashion and luxury is now unconvincing for many