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Article: Crafty sew-and-sews stitch themselves up to save cash ; CREDIT CRUNCH: Why fashionistas are dusting off their old sewing machines to save money IF the mere mention of sewing makes you think of little old ladies with embroidery hoops, or grey-haired grannies toiling over patchwork quilts, then think again. Sewing and needlecraft are making a big comeback, as EMMA JONES reports.
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- South Wales Evening Post
- Article date:
- September 2, 2009
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HOW many times have you bought a catwalk imitation outfit from
somewhere like Primark or Asda, worn it once and then thrown it to
the back of the wardrobe alongside a range of similar ensembles?
Cheap, one-season, throwaway clothes have become the norm.
It has become not only acceptable but deeply cool to buy clothes
as cheaply as possible.
And, all too often, if there's a broken zip on a pair of jeans, a
missing button on a blouse or a hole in a sock, they end up in the
bin.
Every year, UK consumers buy two million tonnes of clothes, of
which 1.2 million tonnes ends up in landfill.
It's a far cry from the make-do and mend mentality of the 1940s
and 1950s, when the Board of Trade urged women ...