I am so sick of crappy quality clothing! It seems no matter where you buy or how much you spend the item just doesn’t last long, the stitching is bad, it pills, the fabric stretches and is misshaped etc… thrifting older, good quality pieces is the way forward
Gosh the amount of disappointment I’ve had in the last few years because of the quality of clothing is not even funny. Money wasted and pieces just sitting in my closet. I have since sold a few, donated some and now I look for quality in the second hand market.
The clothing styles and fabrics are horrible. Now I'm sewing my own clothes again; and I also do the vintage thrift thing for the fabrics. Clothing made in Turkey, Jordan or Egypt I've found to be the real thing, and nicely sewn too. I'm an older lady, but young at heart; it surprises me that I'm 75 now, so I can remember the quality we used to be able to buy anywhere, and for next to nothing even at the old 5 and dime stores.
I literally taught myself to sew clothes (dresses, tops) because the quality was so discouraging. I LOVE my me-made clothes! I hope to tackle sewing pants in the upcoming months!
I started sewing because of lack of quality. I also thrift vintage, and look for the Made In the USA tag, especially for natural fibers. Enjoyed the video!
Online retailers do their best to make it hard to even search for clothes with natural fibers. I've noticed lately that some companies I used to be able to rely on for natural fiber clothing have started touting brushed polyester as 'SO SOFT,' or whatever. It's polyester. It's awful. They switched it in for cotton or linen or wool to slash their production prices without cutting their retail price, so they can keep showing profit growth in their sales reports. It's harder to thrift natural fibers too, as more and more people are hunting breathable, well made clothes.
I recently ordered clothes from a sustainable German shop Armed Angels, and surprisingly, the quality was bad. The sweaters were very thin fabric and see through, but it was not like that in their pictures. And it’s ”organic cotton”. I was disappointed
Not only is ready to wear of poor quality but often the fit is terrible. I sew most of my own clothes now. Even a beautiful wool coat. Now I have the quality and the fit I like in my clothing,
What a thoughtful young lady you are, and your top tip is the sewing one indeed! Along with mending and maintaining one’s garments, sewing…even as you said with just needle and thread allows us to customize and perfect the things we have. Sometimes these fast fashion pieces are cool but the neck is too droopy…or the armhole too big…or what ever…if you can tweak it you can wear it! As a lifelong serious seamstress I can’t urge people more to learn some basics! Excellent of you to tell the young ones! 🙂❤🙏🏼⭐
I just bought new undies (a brand known for underwear, undershirts, etc) and when I opened the bag they felt so thin I thought they’d tear when I put them on!
The highest quality cotton undies I've finally found is Natori Bliss Cotton panties (3 diff cuts). The color doesn't fade and they last 6 years for me. So expensive but worth it. I get the 3 pack to save $.
I spend a bit of time trying to repurchase gently used versions of my older much loved items that have worn out. I have been on the hunt for the last two years looking for a vintage Victoria Secret cable knit cardigan I purchased in 1997 from a catalog. I wore mine for 15 years and would love to find a replacement.
This was SO well articulated. I loved the segment where you broke down HOW to feel the difference in material quality. When I first started switching my wardrobe to natural fibres I was so confused on how to know the difference at the thrift, if I would have had your breakdown it would have saved me so much time figuring it out!
One cannot assume nowadays that buying from a reputable company that is charging exorbitant prices means that one can rely on a high quality garment. I have recently found that “like for like” purchases, from previously reliable, go to firms, certainly here in the UK, are thinner, smaller in comparison and seams and buttonholes etc, very poorly finished, but.. the prices are much higher. My husband was purchasing a coat yesterday for me as a 70th birthday gift, from a well known, so called high end company here in Scotland and I was appalled at the exorbitant prices being expected of coats which were , supposedly, good materials, (cashmere and wool etc ) chosen to last, but of extremely poor standard and finish. I certainly won’t be parting with our money, even as this was in a sale, unless I feel it’s worth every penny and constructed to stand the test of time!
The problem has taken over all levels, not just fast fashion, even Dior is guilty of trafficking immigrant workers for cheap labor, bad working conditions, steep markups on cheap products, etc. If luxury labels are no better than fast fashion, then why are we always only blaming fast fashion? We can blame Zara and SheIn all we want, but that doesn't solve the issue with quality problems with higher end stores nowadays. The problem has only grown and it's because of greed. Capitalism is (usually) great and provides competition in the market for the best, highest quality products, even from "the little guy" who deserves to get recognition, but cronyism and corporate greed is what we are dealing with nowadays. Workers are treated terribly, marketing is straight up lies (remember green-washing, anyone??), low quality because they know some people will only see a label or brand name and assume good quality. Consumers need to be more aware, and corporations need to be held accountable.
Ethical, size inclusive pret a porter brands close down because potential clients say it's too expensive. We provide cloning services, made to measure and produce only what is payed for. Thankfully we have day jobs because many folks are not willing to wait a few weeks for a garment created to their measurements. Our prices are overall under 100€ but we don't have the shein money machine for advertising. Our faithful customers are older women who love our reproduction clothes from discontinued and vintage patterns... hopefully attitudes will change soon.
It's inflation. 20 years ago, a good jacket was $500, and 20 years later, people don't have $1000 to spend on the same jacket. They can only buy a lower quality version of that jacket.
Most companies have outsourced to 3rd works countries. Labor is cheap and the employees are treated like dirt. Why should they care about quality? Companies in the l1990s would hire Americans to be fired models who are if European ancestry and now the fur models are the Asian workers who are typically more petite, slimmer hips and thighs so that’s why clothes are cut narrow and they simply just expand horizontally and shape isn’t taken into consideration.
I did a fisheyed pikachu face when you said 68 pieces in a year at the beginning 0_0 I only bought two brand new pieces of clothing this year and something over ten from thrift stores and second hang online platforms. I'm shocked that people literally consumes like frickin influencers ;0
This is a multi part issue, but you encapsulated it in your intro. There are clothes made just as well today as it was 50 years ago. You just have to pay for it. Like you said, people in the olden days spent 10% of their income on fewer items. Today, people spend 3.5% on multiple times the number of items. I deal in vintage clothing. 80% of the stuff I find is poorly made. They had garbage in the olden days, too.
I am so sick of crappy quality clothing! It seems no matter where you buy or how much you spend the item just doesn’t last long, the stitching is bad, it pills, the fabric stretches and is misshaped etc… thrifting older, good quality pieces is the way forward
Gosh the amount of disappointment I’ve had in the last few years because of the quality of clothing is not even funny. Money wasted and pieces just sitting in my closet. I have since sold a few, donated some and now I look for quality in the second hand market.
I'm annoyed that I keep seeing polyester and acrylic sweaters at very high prices.
The clothing styles and fabrics are horrible. Now I'm sewing my own clothes again; and I also do the vintage thrift thing for the fabrics. Clothing made in Turkey, Jordan or Egypt I've found to be the real thing, and nicely sewn too. I'm an older lady, but young at heart; it surprises me that I'm 75 now, so I can remember the quality we used to be able to buy anywhere, and for next to nothing even at the old 5 and dime stores.
I literally taught myself to sew clothes (dresses, tops) because the quality was so discouraging. I LOVE my me-made clothes! I hope to tackle sewing pants in the upcoming months!
I find it hard to even find quality fabric!
I started sewing because of lack of quality. I also thrift vintage, and look for the Made In the USA tag, especially for natural fibers. Enjoyed the video!
Thrifti g takes so much time unless doing it for fun. I am so tired of crappy clothing now
Online retailers do their best to make it hard to even search for clothes with natural fibers. I've noticed lately that some companies I used to be able to rely on for natural fiber clothing have started touting brushed polyester as 'SO SOFT,' or whatever. It's polyester. It's awful. They switched it in for cotton or linen or wool to slash their production prices without cutting their retail price, so they can keep showing profit growth in their sales reports. It's harder to thrift natural fibers too, as more and more people are hunting breathable, well made clothes.
Amen, i can't stand FAKE fabric.
I recently ordered clothes from a sustainable German shop Armed Angels, and surprisingly, the quality was bad. The sweaters were very thin fabric and see through, but it was not like that in their pictures. And it’s ”organic cotton”. I was disappointed
Not only is ready to wear of poor quality but often the fit is terrible. I sew most of my own clothes now. Even a beautiful wool coat. Now I have the quality and the fit I like in my clothing,
What a thoughtful young lady you are, and your top tip is the sewing one indeed! Along with mending and maintaining one’s garments, sewing…even as you said with just needle and thread allows us to customize and perfect the things we have. Sometimes these fast fashion pieces are cool but the neck is too droopy…or the armhole too big…or what ever…if you can tweak it you can wear it! As a lifelong serious seamstress I can’t urge people more to learn some basics! Excellent of you to tell the young ones! 🙂❤🙏🏼⭐
You are very sweet, thank you so much!
Lets bring back sewing instruction in the schools! Its great to learn real skills to develop creativity, skill development and a useful trade.
I just bought new undies (a brand known for underwear, undershirts, etc) and when I opened the bag they felt so thin I thought they’d tear when I put them on!
The highest quality cotton undies I've finally found is Natori Bliss Cotton panties (3 diff cuts). The color doesn't fade and they last 6 years for me. So expensive but worth it. I get the 3 pack to save $.
@ awesome, thanks! I’ll check them out.
I spend a bit of time trying to repurchase gently used versions of my older much loved items that have worn out. I have been on the hunt for the last two years looking for a vintage Victoria Secret cable knit cardigan I purchased in 1997 from a catalog. I wore mine for 15 years and would love to find a replacement.
This was SO well articulated. I loved the segment where you broke down HOW to feel the difference in material quality. When I first started switching my wardrobe to natural fibres I was so confused on how to know the difference at the thrift, if I would have had your breakdown it would have saved me so much time figuring it out!
I'm so glad you enjoyed it!
One cannot assume nowadays that buying from a reputable company that is charging exorbitant prices means that one can rely on a high quality garment. I have recently found that “like for like” purchases, from previously reliable, go to firms, certainly here in the UK, are thinner, smaller in comparison and seams and buttonholes etc, very poorly finished, but.. the prices are much higher. My husband was purchasing a coat yesterday for me as a 70th birthday gift, from a well known, so called high end company here in Scotland and I was appalled at the exorbitant prices being expected of coats which were , supposedly, good materials, (cashmere and wool etc ) chosen to last, but of extremely poor standard and finish. I certainly won’t be parting with our money, even as this was in a sale, unless I feel it’s worth every penny and constructed to stand the test of time!
The problem has taken over all levels, not just fast fashion, even Dior is guilty of trafficking immigrant workers for cheap labor, bad working conditions, steep markups on cheap products, etc. If luxury labels are no better than fast fashion, then why are we always only blaming fast fashion?
We can blame Zara and SheIn all we want, but that doesn't solve the issue with quality problems with higher end stores nowadays. The problem has only grown and it's because of greed. Capitalism is (usually) great and provides competition in the market for the best, highest quality products, even from "the little guy" who deserves to get recognition, but cronyism and corporate greed is what we are dealing with nowadays. Workers are treated terribly, marketing is straight up lies (remember green-washing, anyone??), low quality because they know some people will only see a label or brand name and assume good quality. Consumers need to be more aware, and corporations need to be held accountable.
Ethical, size inclusive pret a porter brands close down because potential clients say it's too expensive. We provide cloning services, made to measure and produce only what is payed for. Thankfully we have day jobs because many folks are not willing to wait a few weeks for a garment created to their measurements. Our prices are overall under 100€ but we don't have the shein money machine for advertising. Our faithful customers are older women who love our reproduction clothes from discontinued and vintage patterns... hopefully attitudes will change soon.
Don't the customers realize that it's expensive because it's actually of higher quality and built to last?
It's inflation. 20 years ago, a good jacket was $500, and 20 years later, people don't have $1000 to spend on the same jacket. They can only buy a lower quality version of that jacket.
They would if they weren't trying to buy another 60+ items that year.
Most companies have outsourced to 3rd works countries. Labor is cheap and the employees are treated like dirt. Why should they care about quality? Companies in the l1990s would hire Americans to be fired models who are if European ancestry and now the fur models are the Asian workers who are typically more petite, slimmer hips and thighs so that’s why clothes are cut narrow and they simply just expand horizontally and shape isn’t taken into consideration.
I did a fisheyed pikachu face when you said 68 pieces in a year at the beginning 0_0 I only bought two brand new pieces of clothing this year and something over ten from thrift stores and second hang online platforms. I'm shocked that people literally consumes like frickin influencers ;0
I rarely buy anything now. I use what I have as it is much better. Natural fabrics
And the hefty bags (today's clothing) just goes to the landfill - and choaks the people of west africa.
Just found this video, happy it was in my feed!
I have loved all your video topics recently!!! ❤
I've been having a great time making them! Glad you're enjoying them too!
Me, with all of my sweaters on hangers: 😢
Never seen your videos before but you are beautiful!
Thank you so much!
I completely change my wardrobe to cashmere best quality items.
Please make a podcast! ❤
Maybe one day! :)
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This is a multi part issue, but you encapsulated it in your intro. There are clothes made just as well today as it was 50 years ago. You just have to pay for it. Like you said, people in the olden days spent 10% of their income on fewer items. Today, people spend 3.5% on multiple times the number of items.
I deal in vintage clothing. 80% of the stuff I find is poorly made. They had garbage in the olden days, too.