Just yesterday, most French people went to their local seamstresses to have a new skirt, blouse, jacket or pants cut which would sit neatly alongside the few clothes neatly stored in their wardrobes, which they would wear until the end of the day. rope.
A time that those under 20, addicted to fast fashion and ephemeral trends born on social networks (read below), cannot experience.
“
Until the 1970s, when making a dress, for example, we always kept a few centimeters between the seam and the edge of the fabric so that it could adapt to changes in the weight of its owner
,” says Judith. Prigent, author of the
Vintage Fashion Guide
(Le Cherche midi).
Before, clothing was a precious product, a long-term investment, because it was expensive.
At the time, 3 euro t-shirts didn't exist!
We no longer have the same relationship with clothes today
.
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