How it's made - Topic of the day 11/28/23
Clothes manufacturing is often overlooked over the designing process. Are there any processes that you've learned about that made you appreciate a garment more?
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I don't know much about clothes manufacturing in general, but knitting my own garments has opened my eyes to some parts of the process. I know more about how much work goes into a handknit product, and I've also learned more about types of fibers and a bit about yarn processing. I plan to start designing my own patterns for sweaters, and I hope that helps open my eyes a bit more to garment design alongside construction
Love it when brands share the making of videos, getting the know the process really makes you appreciate the craftsmanship that went into it. Some of my favorites are
MYKITA
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Making of a MYKITA metal frame
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Specs Collective
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Making of Matsuda Eyewear | Made in Japan
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"All of our eyewear is painstakingly crafted by hand...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LS8wuGu9CUo Momotaro Jeans
Business Insider
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Why Japanese Denim Is So Expensive | So Expensive
A pair of typical blue jeans might not cost you much, but it could set you back a few hundred dollars if it's the renowned Japanese selvage variety. Japanese denim from a brand like Momotaro in Kojima, Japan, can cost over $2,000. Today, Japanese denim is often regarded as one of the finest types of denim in the industry. So what's so special ab...
Following along on the whole Tender Co process https://supertalk.superfuture.com/topic/98577-tender-co-denim/
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Tender Co. Denim
Stumbled across this post introducing (?) denim from a UK brand called Tender. If half the things they say on their website are true, this is the most obsessively small-scale thing I've heard of short of hand-weaving the fabric. They hand-dye the fiber, hand-cast all the hardware, hand-tan the le...
And when brands have specific pages dedicated to the manufacturing process https://www.instagram.com/mfg_mfg_mfg_mfg_mfg_/?hl=en
this is awesome ty for the share
such a relaxing watch
I would love to learn to sew, and I've watched a few YouTube videos. But I don't have time for another hobby right now.
What impresses me is how much manual work is still involved in making clothes, even in a factory. I guess you can automate a lot of the cutting, but the sewing is a human with a sewing machine.
A couple of sewing videos I've enjoyed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8MzGSxGANu8
Adli Zam Yasin
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JAPAN DENIM : One Piece Of Rock - CONNERS SEWING FACTORY
JAPAN DENIM : One Piece Of Rock - CONNERS SEWING FACTORY
N A Fashion
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Shirt stitching | shirt stitching full video | how to sew a shirt w...
Shirt stitching | shirt stitching full video | how to sew a shirt with a sewing machine
#shirtstitching#shirt #howtosew #n_a_fashion
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learning how to sew & taking a history of textiles course in college both made me love & care about clothing and fashion more than I did before (and radicalised me lol)
learning how clothing is made comes with a risk of getting really into tailoring tho so proceed with caution
learning to sew also made me realise how murky concepts like "quality" are, too - there are garments out there sold incredibly cheaply that use good fabrics and are flat felled/french seamed, and there's expensive artisanal shit out there with unfinished seams (couture!!!) - it's made me realise almost every construction style has a purpose and appropriate place
I've been on a shetland sweaters kick this season, and learning how the makers use dried thistle (or theasle) pods in a spinning machine to create the "brushed" effect was really cool.
They have basically a brush sanding machine, where all of the brushes are the spiky seed pods of a dried thistle, which catches on the wool and pulls individual hairs out of the weave to give the fuzzy finish
Instagram reel from Bosie which shows it in action! https://www.instagram.com/reel/CktHQAvj6Th/?igshid=ZDE1MWVjZGVmZQ==
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Process is everything, and it’s mesmerising.
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It apparently beats any modern method with plastic or metal brushes as the thistle pods have the advantage that they'll snap off if they hit a snag, rather than tearing the wool fibres
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so charming!
I’ve met the people and seen the knitting machines that Dehen 1920 used to knit my sweater, and it was amazing. There’s a person who has to constantly watch and adjust the 100+ year old machine to make sure that it’s working properly, because it’s very finicky.