RECOGNIZING THE PROCESS TAKES TIME, FROM DREAMING TO CONCEPT DESIGNING TO PATTERN MAKING TO CUTTING & SEWING

NOT TO MENTION THE TIME DEDICATED TO SELLING – MARKETING ON INSTAGRAM, EDITING TIKTOK VIDEOS, WEBSITE DESIGN & PHOTOGRAPHING PRODUCT

IT ALL TAKES A LOT OF TIME

HANDMADE CLOTHING MEANS THERE WILL NEVER BE 75 REPLICAS OF ONE PRODUCT OR EVEN THAT MANY PIECES AVAILABLE AT ONE TIME

ONE PERSON CAN ONLY HAND CREATE A FINITE AMOUNT OF ORIGINAL PIECES IN A GIVEN PERIOD OF TIME

MONTHLY COLLECTIONS TYPICALLY WILL HOLD TEN-TWENTY PIECES

HANDMADE CLOTHING COSTS MORE THAN CLOTHING FROM BOX STORES

THERE IS A FAIR WAGE CRISIS CONCERNING THE PRODUCTION OF CLOTHING CUT & SEWN IN OVERSEAS SWEAT SHOPS

A MINDSET SHIFT TOWARDS LOCAL HANDMADE, STAPLE PIECES, CAPSULE WARDROBES & THRIFTED CLOTHING REDUCES THE DEMAND FOR HIGH QUANTITY TEXTILES

SUPPORTING SMALL DESIGNERS ENCOURAGES VARIETY IN THE FASHION INDUSTRY & REINFORCES REALISTIC CLOTHING PRICES

HANDMADE CLOTHING IS UNIQUE IN NATURE, WHETHER IT IS SEWN FROM A PUBLICLY AVAILABLE PATTERN OR DESIGNED IN HOUSE

WEARING A DESIGNER’S VISION IS A SPECIAL, INTIMATE EXPERIENCE THE CONSUMER IS ABLE TO HOLD OVER & OVER

AN ABSTRACT IDEA PRODUCED INTO CONCRETE WEARABLE ART MAKES YOU INTO A PORTABLE VESSEL FOR ART THAT EVOKES EMOTION

SEWING IS A SCIENCE WITH SEVERAL DIFFICULT VARIABLES – IT’S ONE OF THE MORE FRUSTRATING CRAFTS

MACHINES SKIP STITCHES, THREADS CATCH, PATTERNS ARE FLAWED & HUMANS MAKE MISTAKES

I MAKE MISTAKES

IT REQUIRES A MINDSET SHIFT OF GRACE TOWARDS IMPERFECTIONS IN FASHION & THE SEWING INDUSTRY