I love sewing, and I recently decided to make my own skirt and crop top to wear during the spring. There are tons of videos on Youtube of women designing and sewing together there own clothes, and I thought that it was an awesome idea. It is less expensive then buying clothing at stores and it allows you to be creative with the fabric and stitching. But sometimes I wonder if I start telling people that I make my own clothes, they will think that I am poor or have too much time on my hands. Is it really so bad to wear something you made yourself? What does that say about your social status? There are so many societal norms that dictate the way we live, and if you stray from those norms you are shut out from everyone. Why is this so? I guess it doesn’t matter as long as you are okay with it. Fashion designers sew their own clothing to give to consumers, so why can’t the consumers make their own designer garments? Who says you can’t be your own designer? I know that these “societal norms” that I am talking about is artificially created, but you can’t deny its reality either. It is the very thing that is driving our consumer society today.
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Wow, I found this post to be really thought provoking! I love doing crafts in my spare time and I often sew my own clothes, but I have only ever had positive reactions to my designs. It has never even crossed my mind that sewing your own clothes could be associated with being lower-class, but now I realize that this is because of my own privilege. Because I only sew as a hobby and not out of necessity, I have never had to worry about whether or not it is an indicator of wealth or lack thereof. Thanks for revealing how privilege even influences the craft world!
Well, whenever I hear of anyone creating their own clothes I only feel admiration toward them. The ability to make one’s own clothes sounds extremely empowering! As for me, clothes are my life – I think about them all the time and spend every penny I have on them. But sometimes, I feel like I’m a slave to capitalism, and that I’m not truly expressing MY creativity by wearing things designed by someone else. By creating your own clothes you’re totally outside of that. It’s interesting that you consider clothes-making to perhaps by indicative of a lower-class status, because I think that having the time to design one’s own clothes indicates just the opposite. (Of course, even if it does indicate low class status to some people, who cares?)
Loved this and the way you looked at it this idea. I never thought of designing your won clothes can be seen like this, specially in in these modern days. I always saw is as something cool and amazing and that I wished I could do it as well.
But you are right, this can be seen differently in society, specially if that person is only making clothing for themselves , or if they are from a lower economic class. Now I am thinking of this topic differently. I have to say that in my eyes someone who designs clothing for themselves are creative and their action is very empowering. But still is extremely interesting how different people look at this activity differently.