Clothes gone crazy!

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Everything is as thin as a piece of tissue paper. Huge floppy proportions and saggy crotches. See through tops and tshirts and elasticated everything...

I haven't been shopping for a long time. A couple of years. I loved clothes but something has really changed. Even spending more guarantees nothing. I can't be arsed with the touted, trending eco brands either, as I have witnessed their corner cutting and cheapening over time, too. I used to have a ton of fave shops and now there isn't even one.

I have just gone back to wearing outdoor stuff. Like a man, kind of. They never seem to have to deal with this crap. I spent a good while searching for a decent tshirt that didn't have a choking high neckline and actually covered my arse. Spent £40 on two organic cotton tees from Seasalt and both produced holes in two washes.

It can go the hell for me, now. It used to be exciting, and I do love the re-emergence of 90's styles. But the cargo's ain't what they were back then. They're floppy, thin and formless with randomly placed pockets and gussets as long as the Gaza Strip. I just can't anymore. Fuck em all. Greed got the better of them I guess.

I ain't paying for a £400 fancy sheep wool, artisanal brick shaped jumper this winter. And I won't be paying £200 to avoid polyester this summer either. I'm just going with what I already have and hoping to god it lasts.

It wasn’t the actual act of sewing your own that I was worried about. I was concerned that someone who has never sewn before, and therefore is unlikely to have the wherewithal to do it, might find it very expensive initially.

I wish I could sew. I bought a sewing machine in lockdown but I'm hopeless.

The problem is that people don't want to pay the real cost of quality clothes.

So many people complaining about how expensive clothes are these days, completely disregarding general inflation and how much everything else has also gone up. I've even seen posters complaining about price increases in Primark! People seem to expect that others should produce their clothes for practically nothing, and refuse to pay more. It's only going to get worse as wages rise in developing countries.

Its a really old phrase, how old are you?

OP I get most of my clothes in Sainsburys to be honest and like others have said Im picky, buy the smallest size I can get away with otherwise theres swathes and swathes of fabric everywhere. The cut is dreadful on a lot of things so Im not going to pay more for sometjing that I can get the same in a supermarket!
Charity shops too if you get lucky. I try not to buy things on line that I cant send back, been stung too many times on ebay for something that looks right but isnt.

Some of the recycled fabric is really uncomfortable and scratchy. Which, of course, you can’t tell online. Then it arrives, it’s horrid and you have to send it back.

Agree. I HATE how everything is either cropped or see-through these days. I’m not a 20-year-old influencer, I don’t want things that are cropped or see-through! I feel like clothing brands seem to forget that women over the age of 35 exist.

And why does every dress that is vaguely suitable only in floral or have to have fucking tiers? I hate them!

1990’s cargo pants were the best.

I found some in an old bag of clothes when we were declutterring the loft a few months ago. They were maternity ones, needless to say I wear them with long t.shirts and tops. They are fab though 25 years old.

I bought a Joules jumper end of last year, washed carefully and 2 small holes have appeared. I’m sticking to charity shops for older clothes. I can sew, I cannot be arsed to make from scratch but can alter stuff.

Where are the quality clothes though? The expensive clothes seem to be not much better quality than cheaper ones. I need brand recommendations…

Agree entirely and I’ve also noticed clothes getting bigger! I was size 8/10 in 2008. I’m still the same size (old stuff I’ve kept still fits) but size 6 in some shops drowning me.

And everything thin and plasticky. Someone unthread mentioned Reiss - I bought a 110 quid blouse from them recently. Kept it as I liked it but you’re right, quality isn’t exactly mind blowing.

One company I like for quality work clothes is The Fold. Very expensive but I buy on Vinted.