#1 Yone lover

Like okay. People own more pieces of clothing nowadays and they wear them a lesser number of times before throwing them out. BUT.

Why do we pretend like this is pure vanity or careless wastefulness, rather than forced by the qualities of the clothes themselves?

The other day, I was going through boxes of old clothes in the basement in search of fabric to practice sewing on. The difference in quality of the fabrics themselves is shocking! The worn-out old jeans from twenty years ago are MUCH thicker and tougher than anything more recent. My old baby clothes are made as sturdy as my work clothes from today.

In the past couple years, I have had entire seams rip out of clothes on the first wash. That's not normal!

Polyester blend shirts that feel cozy and soft when they are new, become scratchy and rough after 20 washes or so. I am trying to avoid polyester, but it gets harder and harder; the other day i couldn't find a single pack of crew socks that was 100% cotton. SOCKS!

Also, pilling is out of control. The newest pants I bought developed pills within a single day of walking around campus with a backpack.

So the length of time something "lasts" is dependent on how many clothes you have. If you have 20 shirts, you're wearing each one 5% of the time; if you have 4 shirts, you're wearing each one 25% of the time, assuming you wear them all equally.

So if one of your 20 shirts takes 3 years to wear out, if you downsized your wardrobe to 4 shirts, you would need to divide 3 years by 5 to estimate how long those shirts are going to last.

Worn: A People's History of Clothing by Sofi Thanhauser

Excellent book about (as the person who I heard about the book from said) the history of cloth and clothes as opposed to the history of fashion.

Today’s progress! I think I may redo the eyes on the underside of his hair? Tho honestly I think it’s good enough for me even if they’re not as centered as I’d like

Unfortunately the hair is kinda doing what I feared. Aka, sticking up cause there’s too much bulk on his tiny wig. I may be able to curve it a little by pulling on the felt more while sewing it together.

Haven’t posted update photos of Mr. Shmilkums in a bit. He has arms now! And his souljam! I’m actually just onto assembly rn and maybe remaking his cow licks cause I seem to have lost one of the two

Today’s progress! I think I may redo the eyes on the underside of his hair? Tho honestly I think it’s good enough for me even if they’re not as centered as I’d like

Unfortunately the hair is kinda doing what I feared. Aka, sticking up cause there’s too much bulk on his tiny wig. I may be able to curve it a little by pulling on the felt more while sewing it together.

Haven’t posted update photos of Mr. Shmilkums in a bit. He has arms now! And his souljam! I’m actually just onto assembly rn and maybe remaking his cow licks cause I seem to have lost one of the two

Today’s progress! I think I may redo the eyes on the underside of his hair? Tho honestly I think it’s good enough for me even if they’re not as centered as I’d like

Unfortunately the hair is kinda doing what I feared. Aka, sticking up cause there’s too much bulk on his tiny wig. I may be able to curve it a little by pulling on the felt more while sewing it together.

Haven’t posted update photos of Mr. Shmilkums in a bit. He has arms now! And his souljam! I’m actually just onto assembly rn and maybe remaking his cow licks cause I seem to have lost one of the two

Today’s progress! I think I may redo the eyes on the underside of his hair? Tho honestly I think it’s good enough for me even if they’re not as centered as I’d like

Unfortunately the hair is kinda doing what I feared. Aka, sticking up cause there’s too much bulk on his tiny wig. I may be able to curve it a little by pulling on the felt more while sewing it together.

Haven’t posted update photos of Mr. Shmilkums in a bit. He has arms now! And his souljam! I’m actually just onto assembly rn and maybe remaking his cow licks cause I seem to have lost one of the two