There was a recent article in the Telegraph headed "Why sewing your own clothes is making a stylish comeback". First part copied and pasted below. It might eventually make us very fashionable to sew instead of, as happened to me, looking at me like I was something on the bottom of her shoe. I only recently started using an Indie pattern and sometimes found them having too much in or not to the point, but I do like them but it would be shame if the Big 4 disappeared.
22 JANUARY 2020 • 6:00AM
Every single thing in Lydia Higginson’s wardrobe
has been made by her very own hands, from her
woollen coats to her dungarees and lace bras.
‘Except my socks,’ she says. ‘They’re the only things I still
buy because they’re mostly knitted and I don’t really
knit. But everything else I’ve made from scratch.’
The 26-year-old has known how to make clothes ever
since she was a child and her mum, a curtain maker,
taught her how to use a sewing machine. Like most
women, though, Higginson’s wardrobe was made up of
shop-bought clothes - until 2016, when she made a
radical decision to give away her entire wardrobe and
replace it with items she’d made herself.
‘I loved the idea of making all of my clothes myself,’ she
explains. ‘To know where every single thing came from.
It feels honest. It can feel so frenzied in the fashion
industry, with brands preparing seasons in advance and
[high street stores launching] 52 collections a year. But
home-sewing is so responsive, and obviously it’s more
[environmentally-friendly]. As soon it starts to get cold, I
bring out all my wools and think about lovely, cosy
jumpers and coats, and if I have an event, I make myself
something beautiful for it.’