Sewing: Is It Coming Back Into Fashion?
With more and more cheap clothes shops cropping up in our towns, it is understandable that a lot of people put down their needles and threads and stopped creating their own clothes. But has the hobby gained a second wind? The Popularity of “Vintage” With the growing popularity of the “vintage” style, more and more people are starting to pick up sewing patterns and getting stuck in to creating their own outfits again. This boom in popularity has brought with it a whole new generation of budding sewers and embroiderers, which is never a bad thing.
The retail price of these retro pieces is generally quite high, as designs are quickly snapped up by well-known, large clothing companies. Creating your own pieces using patterns and your own material gives the creator that little bit of individuality as well as giving them the option of how much they want to spend on their personal project. No one will have a dress in that very same material, that’s for sure! Conventions Another platform in which sewing is becoming a lot more popular is the convention scene. More and more people, both young and old, are attending these gatherings, and more and more people want to create costumes of their favourite characters, or even create their own! With prizes given out to the best costumes in some cases, it is clear why so many people have adopted the sewing hobby.
Even large corporations, who own the franchises that these convention-goers are fans of, encourage this creativity; featuring fans in their costumes on social media and sometimes sharing their own tips on how to create that perfect costume for their next event. This also ties in nicely with our next topic: Online Stores Another increasingly popular platform is the online web store. Anyone can create a business nowadays with the help of various store websites. With no restrictions to what your store has to sell, this has enabled creators to set up stores to sell what they have created.
As opposed to stores on the high street, this platform opens the seller up to a worldwide audience of potential customers. That’s a lot of people to show your skills off to! This means people are able to create clothes or toys, or whatever they like, and sell them to the public. Some sites even allow “to order” items, which will allow the seller to personally create items for customers, just to add that personal touch. As mentioned above, this also allows people to create costumes and items made to order for conventions on demand. The Future of Sewing More people are recognising the benefits of being able to sew; it being cheaper and much more customisable than just buying from the high street. This excites us here at Stocks and we can’t wait to see what people are going to come up with once the fashion trends change!
We hope that the popularity of sewing keeps rising, with different generations being introduced to this satisfying, creative outlet, and that even more people can appreciate the skill involved in actually creating your own product.
If you are ready to kick your sewing experience to the next level, why not check out our Brother Sewing Machines to get you started on that road to creativity? Contact us by calling 0113 242 9378 and chat to one of our friendly support staff to find out what Stocks can do for you.
