Today of MSN.com there is a link to photos of clothes made from other clothes or other things. Just about anything can be restyled http://lifestyle.msn.com/your-life/staticslideshowdg.aspx?cp-documentid=23728245>1=32055
Sincerely, Rebecca Rautine > Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2010 12:28:29 -0700 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [h-cost] Subject: Arty recycling of garments-Recycled Jacket > > Recycling garments into others was routine long before the 1930s. I've > always thought that the 1920s would have killed the habit, because 20s > styles used so little material in comparison to most garments of > previous generations, and because ready-to-wear became the prominent > method of obtaining clothing in the 1920s (even though RTW existed long > before that). Except, the depression of the 1930s and the rationing of > the 1940s forced most people to recycle, so by the 1950s they were > associating it with severe hardship and wanted to get away from it. > > What is different about the recycling of the 1970s and again, recently, > is the association with "personalizing" ready-to-wear garments, > translating into making it obvious that you mended, altered, trimmed, > and/or dyed the garment, or made it out of something else entirely, such > as household linens. > > I really like the style of that jacket, though I admit the colors, like > many men's suit colors, are too neutral for my taste. Good idea though, > as men's suits are often discarded when they are still in very good shape. > > Fran > Lavolta Press > www.lavoltapress.com > > > On 4/22/2010 12:12 PM, Käthe Barrows wrote: > >> For one of my classes A while Back I had to recycle mens wool garments > >> into a tailored jacket. > > > > Recycling garments into other garments became popular in the Great > > Depression of the 1930s, and became unpopular when it didn't have to > > be so necessary. > > > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail is redefining busy with tools for the New Busy. Get more from your inbox. http://www.windowslive.com/campaign/thenewbusy?ocid=PID28326::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WM_HMP:042010_2 _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
