Body Shaming and Normalizing Altering Your Clothing
Dealing with inevitable body fluctuations while making historic costumes isn t easy. Many garments will go years between wears, leading to frustration when we discover they no longer fit. I ve been amassing selfmade costumes and clothing for almost 20 years at this point, and many of my favorite pieces never see the light of day for this reason As I ve started to pull older garments out to use as examples in my videos, I ve seen a number of comments about their poor fit. As ideal as it would be that they fit me like they did 5 or 10 years ago, it s just not feasible. Even with as fast as I sew, I can t make a whole new ensemble every time I need something. And nor should I I do try to alter my garments when I am able to, but again, I m fortunate enough to have the time, knowledge, and extra fabric to do so But alterations aren t always a possibility and certainly aren t always a perfect fix. Antique clothing often shows evidence of hasty
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