My mum tried to educate me to “quality over quantity” since a young age… thanks to her, my wardrobe is made of timeless, wonderfully fitting pieces. Your channel/TT is sooo interesting, please keep going! 💪🏻
you’re lucky asf 😂 god my mom tried to educate me to “quantity AND cheapness (trash quality)”. I often bought shirts and pants from department stores and discount stores
You're lucky lol I'm un-learning all of my shopping habits from my mom.. She has 13 pairs of just white jeans. I'm sure you can imagine the quantity of all of her other stuff 😅
It would be nice to see a tier list of fabrics based on their respective costs, so we can differentiate between paying solely for the brand and paying for the materials as well. Additionally, if you could delve into high-end designer fabrics, that would be greatly appreciated. Thanks & good luck with your channel.
Yes, because adding that to all of the notes she has given on construction would be a pretty good picture of what you are paying for. I'm currently battling an allergy to a common component of textile dyes (found through testing). Most commonly it's vibrant/rich colours (which I love of course) and synthetics. It's making active wear very hard to shop for since one is always more susceptible to contact reactions when sweating. It's not like manufacturers tell us what dyes they use either. The skin reactions aren't the worst YET, but repeated exposure will likely make it worse over time. To complicate matters, I live in a very hot and humid climate, so sweating is unavoidable. Revamping my whole wardrobe for the long term is a bit of a nightmare currently. I'm trying to go slowly and conscientiously, because I need these things to last if I'm going to have to switch to fully natural fibers.
I would watch a one hour long video with you talking about the different fabrics and what they should be used for (like you mentioned before, wool for coats etc). Thanks so much for sharing your knowledge!!
The Tencel (lyocell) and Ecovero fabrics are made from cellulosic (plant) fibers, but use environmentally cleaner processes in their manufacture than viscose/rayon, which use a cyanide-based process. Lyocell and Ecovero also tend be be thicker and higher-quality than fast-fashion versions. It’s well worth a few dollars more to me, we don’t want another Union Carbide Bhopal incident. The best lyocell is made by the original patented producer under the name Tencel. I like these fibers because unlike the plastics (synthetics), they breathe very well, are soft and non-irritating on the skin, and in the best quality, have silk-like properties, especially good drape and hand. Silk is always my first choice, it’s the fabric I wear the most, even for socks, underwear, etc., but the selection of styles in silk can be limited. Tencel/Ecovero are acceptable alternatives. My allergic skin can’t handle any plastics. Thanks to Lily Silk a dozen years ago or so, the Silk Road has reopened and the Queen of Fabrics is becoming more available again. The comfort of silk can’t be even distantly approached by any other fiber. For those with lower budgets who want to start buying better fabrics, I suggest the brand Quince. The quality is quite good and the prices are affordable.
I'm so happy you're making longer videos here! I've spent hours watching your tiktoks over the last year, they're so helpful and completely changed the way I approach shopping. I really appreciate all you do to get this information out and how straightforward you are!
Would love to see a longer video about this going into even more detail. I'm at the point in my life where I'm trying to shop more sustainably and always have questions about what type of fabrics to be buying. Love the videos!
I recently discovered your TikTok account and came here for more wisdom! I absolutely love your content; this is precisely the knowledge I need, and I am so glad you are sharing yours! I would love to see more videos on the types of natural fibres, and which garments different fibres are best for. I look forward to your future videos!
I watch a lot of your videos but have a hard time remembering the information when shopping! If you made a cheat sheet for us to download that would be SO helpful!
This was so informative! After years of enjoying fashion and shopping I’m now trying to find out how to identify quality pieces and learning about the materials is both interesting and helpful. Thank you for your work, please keep sharing!
This is so interesting! I’m starting to try to learn more about fashion and actually spend money on quality instead of just trends. Thank you for teaching!
Thank you, that was so helpful and especially eye-opening because I didn’t know about the chemical waste of semi-synthetic fibres. Thanks for explaining about semi-synthetics.
How did you learn so much about clothing? You were spot on about those coats …I have a GORGEOUS black wool swing coat that is 12 years old and its style is forever and it’s still in perfect condition.
thank you for your work, i hope things like this become more of a common knowledge in the future. i hear people talk about buying quality clothing over fast fashion all the time, but i've noticed almost no one knows first thing about what quality entails, not even the basic of basics: fabrics. i hope your channel grows even more and reach more people!
Wow, this is so helpful! Thank you, so much. I am going to build my wardrobe over the next year, and watching your videos helped me understand the high prices I'm seeing and is really setting me up for a great journey.
I'd be interested in learning more about the individual types of fabrics! Also, someone else remarked the idea of linking fabric qualities to price? I don't know if you know of the channel "tanner leatherstein" but maybe something approximate for clothing? Of maybe not so specialised, but just a general idea of price maybe
I enjoy when you mention when synthetic materials might be useful such as activewear or for water. Can you make a vid talking about what pieces might be better for natural fibers? Such as wool is splurge worthy for a blazer.
In my country it's more popular to get ur clothes tailored rather than buy ready made. And i struggle immensely with fabric shopping since most shops would just mislead you and i couldn't tell the difference. So this is very helpful lol.
I’ve started taking more in the quality of my clothing and your channel has been great!! 💝 This video was super informative! I’d love a video on what fabrics are best for different clothing items! Other than cotton for t-shirts and denim for jeans, I kind of feel like I’m guessing and there can be so many options- especially with coats, blazers and cardigans 😮💨
This was helpful, but I'd love to see a deeper dive on fabrics. I saw you thumbing through a book about fabrics on another video, for example. I've tried to absorb your fabric wisdom from your review videos as well. You mentioned acrylic a few times in those other videos and how it's designed to mimic cashmere, but then hardens and stiffens after a couple washes. A central video that gathers all of those tidbits would be really useful!
Very educational…I love natural fibers now that I’m older, but I’ve been very curious about semi natural fibers as the explanations are never very specific or clear. This cleared up a lot of questions for me. Thanks for posting
Loved it! Your content is so helpful 💗💗💗 Could you also make a similar one for materials used in bags? I'm having a hard time figuring out if it's worth it to invest in a synthetic leather bag, there are so many materials and blends!
Love you, you are going to fast. You can take longer, it would be appreciated. Just the same I have learned a lot. Mostly why I don’t like the clothes at the mall anymore.
@wangjenniferr i like that you mentioned where poor quality or synthetic fabrics can be used...like in the lining or in fitness clothes. I will make note of this when I'm shopping.
That’s the thing something like semi-synthetic fibers are “cheap” however brands are still charging $200 for shirts when 50-80% of the shirt lenzing ecoverse.
Yes you do need to be delicate with silk… but it’s so worth it!! I shudder just by thinking of acrylic, it’s so unpleasant to the touch. More so the higher % is used in the fabric I find Lyocell very much differs in quality, feel and breathability from one manufacturer to the next. Sometimes it’s so low grade that it just feels like very cheap polyester
I would love to see more information on the typo of fabric for specific garments. For example I am looking for sweaters and I am not sure if the only option I should look for is 100 % wool only or if a combination of specific materials would be ok too
This is great thank you! I've been trying to only buy natural fibers for 1.5 years now. I have one tiny suggestion: As a non native speaker it would be easier to follow what you're saying if there were bullet points listed on the screen. So for example for the pros and cons of the types of fabrics.
Thank you for teaching me about materials. I recently bought a 100% wool sweater on a large discount. I checked the materials for other sweaters and tshirts and i skipped the synthetic materials.
Hi jennifer please do a video/ reel for silk skirts. They bench mark for best quality ones and options. I dont mind spending more money if i know its worth the price
New to your channel. May I suggest for these regular videos (versus "shorts") that you slow it down a little? If the topic is interesting, you will hold people's attention and there is no need to rush or speak so fast. I found your channel because I am fed up with every brand, even higher-end ones providing such poor quality garments. I also read that polyesther and polyamide is very harmful for one's health. I just bought some sweaters from Zara--very soft but I felt like my body was burning when I wore them inside. Back they go!
I love your videos keep going girl ♥️ Hope you make videos like what to look for in blazers, what to look for in coats, what's forgivabel what's not etc I hope I can make one comment about the video, please speak a little slower 😅 or put captions I had to rewatch a few times some parts
I have lots of fashion videos on my Tiktok so check that out! Especially my playlist called “shopping tips”. Sure I can try to speak slower but this is how I talk, there are captions if you click the “cc” option ☺️
Thank you so much for this video, could you also make a video on what to do when getting custom clothing? I’m thinking of doing so since I can’t find the options I want on the market thank you again!
I really like your short form content and appreciate that you talk about your experience as a customer but when it comes to technical things like this, i can tell you are out of your field and in an effort to make things easier for the audience you are leaving lots of the nuance that the very wide topic of fibers and textiles have. No hate but as a porfessional in this field the lack of nuance is not appreciated as it doesnt really help the consumer in the end but tends to make them more blindly radical.
Hi! Would love it if you also provided the spelling of each type of fiber. Some are straight forward - spelled as they’re pronounced such as viscos, but some are harder to tell.
Been following you on tiktok and love the longer form content! How do you look for good quality synthetics? I'm allergic to wool so have a habit of checking material content and it's always in the high price point items and cotton is just not warm enough for me.
The answer to this one is a bit nuanced but I would say a general rule of thumb is if it feels nice, winkle free and you didn't see any damage on the items in store.
Maybe it’s because of my brain but I liked the speed she talked at, it kept me engaged since it was a shorter vid and made me have to pay attention so I guess it depends on the person 🤷♂️
Loved the video! However i had to play it back a lot because I'm not a native englisch speaker, so it would be really nice if you'd put some keywords or more pictures on the screen. It'll also make everything more visually intersting:) Otherwise very helpful!
I would love to know what high quality wool is/if its a big difference from wool that’s in most coats? Also I know you’ve done a video on this sorta already,but would love a deep dive with close ups on different stitching,etc to look for,maybe using examples across different items
Hi I just recently read a book called To Dye For by Alden Wicker on dye used in clothing and the toxicity of it..,, any comments on dyes in more expensive clothing vs cheaper, or how to avoid?
I’m allergic to wool (not extremely but I can’t stand the feeling of wearing it, my skin just itches all the time when I wear it). What kind of fabric is a good alternative for wool?
Or is this just a quality problem with the specific product which contained wool? It wasn’t very expensive so I’m guessing that can be the problem as well haha