In sweater production there are terms for the distinctions you are seeing in terms of garment construction! Cut & Sew is when a garment is cut out of knit fabric and sewn together (pretty self explanatory), fully fashioned is when a garment comes off the machine knit to shape and is then constructed (likely seamed and sometimes with rib trims added on a linker), partially fashioned it a hybrid of the previous two, for instance the collar may be knit on to shape but the garment size may be graded by cutting. It’s quite uncommon (because VERY expensive) for a sweater to be made in one piece in the industry the way we often do with handknits, but there are some industrial knitting machines that have the technology to do this, one name for that technology is Whole Garment, where an entire finished garment drops off the machine in one piece, but this is Shima Seiki’s brand name for their technology.
The reason that Madewell sweater was so $$$ is because they feature a handful of items from independent designers on their website, so it's not actually made by them at all. If you were to order it, it would be shipped directly from the designer, not Madewell's warehouse. Love these kinds of videos comparing RTW to handknits!
I noticed that now I see all those garments and think all the time, 'for that price I can make it myself in nicer materials, and if I make it in the same materials it'll be way cheaper'. I thought that and then you did the '60 dollars ... *glare*' at the tank top haha. Love this video!
I really enjoyed this episode! ☺️ As a newbie knitter, it made me think a lot about not only the pros and cons of fast fashion knits, but also specific knitting pattern constructions (double-knitted collars, decreased in the sleeves, etc) that I would personally like to have for hand-knits and will now be thinking more about when choosing a pattern to knit from. 🤔 Also I love how you mention similar hand-knit patterns for all these styles! 💛
This was very entertaining! Once you start making your own clothes and understanding fiber composition you get real critical about fast fashion pieces. It feels good to know others can think this way too. ❤
You did not hallucinate, Reformation did extend their size range, it’s just in a different section 😐 and they didn’t expand most of their styles. Rebecca Clow also has a really great open work cardigan, and I think also a quarter-zip sweater. I have both on my to-make list!
To be fair I feel that Petite Knit draws inspiration from general trends and fashion to make her designs. That’s why you see the same stuff in fast fashion brands. They all draw their inspiration in general trends.
i’ve been following donni the brand for years and i love their aesthetic but can’t afford their prices. i only have one piece from them that i bought pre-owned and quality was ok. even pre owned it’s very pricey 😢
I wonder if you'd get the same styles if you filtered the brands by country. For instance check out Sezane and Rouje for the French styles, Ganni and Marni in the Scandi market, Uniqlo and Muji in Japan/East Asian and even brands in the Southern Hemisphere where they're (we) are going into autumn but the climate is a bit hotter south of the equator so our Autumn styles are very similar to the spring styles up North.
Fun video! 2 winters ago I got a sweater at old navy made with recycled yarn, it was a nice color and squishy. I tried not to was it cuz it will pill. Last winter i would wear it and I hated how nasty it looked after one year but by that point I was starting to knit garments and never again will I buy a sweater knowwwing what I know now. And I’ll slip on the sweater now and it’s all baggy. I know exactly what I would do different. Anyways loved the video and totally understand where you’re coming from. Please go into stores and touch stuff! I would watch that. ❤❤
1000% - once you make your own clothes, you can never go back lol. I criticize the daylights out of everything, so I can never justify spending the money in a regular store for clothes now. If I buy it, its probably thrifted because then at least im ok with the quality for the money.
We have similar vibes pre-knitting, a lot of cos, madewell, everlane stuffs. Knitting has made me reconsider my personal style though, still figuring it out. Laughed out loud audibly to your face after mentioning some of the prices LOL.
To your comment about garments that look cute online potentially not feeling nice on your skin: I distinctly remember walking by a BEAUTIFUL red sweater and actually entering the store for it last autumn, only to immediately recoil in horror once I touched it. I know now that there are stunning and soft yarns out there and that sweater, beautiful as it was, had the softness of touching a mixture of fibreglass and a cheese grater...
About the cashmere one - I think at 50% I'd let it slide but it should probably say "blend" somewhere in the title at least. Though, I once saw socks in a store that said "Angora socks" and flipped to the label and it was 8% angora lol I know these sorts of fibres tend to felt and be really weak on their own so it's way less common to find 100% cashmere or angora items, but JEEZ man, for cashmere specifically, it seems like a full on marketing ploy.
I've spent a lot of wasted time scrolling through brands of knitted items like sweaters. You can spend fifty dollars on a simple knitted t-short or sweater so why waste time and money knitting with acrylic wool? I've been looking at higher quality brands ie Prada, Chanel, Loro Piana and some of the designs are beautiful. I was wanting to do a challenge for myself by trying to replicate and see how much money I spent on yarn, time spent, and final look. Another youtuber named is Clare did a version of a Loewe mohair sweater, which I found very interesting. She changed the design slightly to her liking. have you ever tried something like that?
I mean some people acrylic is all they can afford or simply that’s what they like/prefer. I don’t think it is inherently a waste of time and money to knit with it, people have different reasons for crafting.
@@ngozi230 I guess you are right. People who knit or craft for the love of it, and can only afford to buy acrylic yarn should do so. I just think if you are going to knit because you think you can make it cheaper you are wrong, because time is money too.
