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submitted 1 year ago by Comment105@lemm.ee to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

It's always particularly nice and soft the first time you put it on, but the one I got most recently is so bad it leaves a thin but thorough coat of black fur on my arms when I take it off. What's the production methods used when making sweaters like this?

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[-] Link69@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago

I believe this mostly happen with low quality clothing, they use shorter staple that deteriorate faster, aren’t as soft, and doesn’t feel as high quality. Brands mitigates this feeling by using chemical softeners that will fade with washing cycles and you’ll get what happens now.

Source: I’m really into clothing and used to buy cheap stuff because of cool prints or hype brands, now my high end cotton clothes don’t have those issues

[-] sweetroll@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Do you have any recommendations for high quality clothing?

[-] Link69@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

There’s a lot but some of my favourites are Document (Korean brand), Arpenteur (amazing brand from my city), A Kind of Guise (German brand), Borali (very small label, the blog is very worth it if you can read French/use a translator), Orslow, ADER error (although some pieces have a bit too much plastic but the ones I own are very sturdy, also a bit overpriced), Maison Kitsune (same but I’m too much into foxes to skip this one lol), Matsuda (Japanese eyewear, handmade with awesome details and materials), …

[-] Comment105@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Nobody seems to "just make high quality clothes" anymore. It's always partly "we do clothing properly" but also "this is a modern art project, and also sometimes we don't do clothing properly".

The modern art vibes have always, frankly, disgusted me.

I'd much rather buy from a factory with a known location and a known manufacturing/tailoring process, with a sales tactic based purely on describing methodology and materials.

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