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Solarpunk Writing Prompt: The Tailors - how can clothing look like in a sustainable world post fast fashion? What is the tailor's role within a community? (podcast.tomasino.org)

submitted 3 months ago by alxd to c/solarpunk

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A new Tailor joins a community which has lacked one for years. In a world of distributed manufacturing tailors are no longer just artisans, but educators, material and sustainability experts, fashion designers and translators of cultures, making sure no garment offends others when traveling. Seeing that they’re much less traditional than their predecessor, will they be accepted by the community? Which bold statement surprised everybody?

Recorded by Tomasino, with the CC-BY-SA 4.0 art from The Lemonaut!

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[–] tinycarnivoroussheep@possumpat.io 3 points 3 months ago

My problem is that I would end up more unfitted granny-hippie than punk. Just wear shit inspired by hanfu, caftans, and elastic waist pants. Me and my muumuu don't need no tailor.

[–] yessikg@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 3 months ago

Tailors and Seamstresses are going to be very important unless a lot of people learn how to make and mend clothes

[–] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 2 points 3 months ago

I would expect it to look a lot like fashion of the early 20th century for the working class. Clothes would naturally be baggier with greater ability to alter the clothing at certain locations to fit people wearing the clothes. The clothes would likely be made to be more durable on the understanding that undershirts and longer underwear would be worn underneath.

Since clothes would be owned and worn longer, fashion wouldn't shift as much. You would also see more second hand stores as it was common for the rich to sell or give clothes away to staff once it dropped out of fashion.