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Illustrious_Mixture8 t1_j87uhvv wrote

On one hand, I highly support handmade wardrobes, for aesthetic, fun, and ethica reasons. However, fabric worth sewing is expensive, and you will quickly discover why average working-class humans have been getting along with only two or three outfits for the last thousand years

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Pointy_End_ t1_j89ebqt wrote

> However, fabric worth sewing is expensive, and you will quickly discover why average working-class humans have been getting along with only two or three outfits for the last thousand years

Very well said! I was flabbergasted at the cost of fabric locally. It is in many cases cheaper to buy a pre-made item than it is just to buy the fabric. As a result, my pandemic “make your own clothes” project fizzled quite quickly.

The upside is that now I have a nice sewing machine. It’s surprisingly easy to fix common issues with cheap clothing and keep them in use longer.

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Illustrious_Mixture8 t1_j89fb53 wrote

It's definitely fun to buy things and tweak them yourself, it's fun to be able to tailor, but uh. Good suiting fabrics go for upwards of 120/yd and lining silk upwards of 80/yd I will Not be making my own clothes for work when 200 is more than enough to get a decent suit jacket off the rack. Midtier cotton and jersey are usually affordable, but that's about it.

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