Jean said,
Somehow I can't imagine most Goths, as I know them, sitting down
doing anything as domesticated and constructive as making clothes.
That's the thing about costume groups, though. When people are
dressed up at an elegant event, the illusion is that they had an army
of seamstresses serving them, even though many make the outfits
themselves.
It's the same fantasy for Goths, to have that cool appearance
without showing the feet paddling madly underneath. Then again,
people I know of who are into Goth things, I know through costuming
so it's a skewed idea.
I caught a few episodes of R U the Girl, where the singing group
TLC is auditioning for a new third person. On one of them, they gave
the young women jeans, T-shirts and bags of trimming, fabric paint,
etc - and their task was to style themselves. And while they were
not making the clothes from yardgoods, it was definitely DIY!
I see it as a continuum of skills. Trimming can lead down that
slippery slope, from making simple unstructured things to fitted
garments. From glue to needle and thread. Is this where I add my
evil laugh? :-)
-Carol
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