humminbird
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I swear a medium is a large these days. like why are they so big
Finding clothes that fit perfectly off the rack is one of life's greatest joy
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Because people are fatter than they've ever been and clothing companies are in on the scheme to keep them in the dark about their obesity.
Waist sizes are also wildly inaccurate and the cut of so many clothes is designed to flatter corpulent men. Look at an old T from the 80s and it had a taper, new ones either flare out like a womans or are straight up and down.
humminbird
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what's funny to me is that they do this but then they also push slim-fit jeansBecause people are fatter than they've ever been and clothing companies are in on the scheme to keep them in the dark about their obesity.
Waist sizes are also wildly inaccurate and the cut of so many clothes is designed to flatter corpulent men. Look at an old T from the 80s and it had a taper, new ones either flare out like a womans or are straight up and down.
makes me think the average person looks like this
Got probably 1k worth of clothes from the laundry rooms in my building last month!
This man gets itAs a tall breh I know how you feel. When it fits perfectly it's like being hugged by God himself
That's a cap
Most humans are not built the same and clothes made for the masses do not reflect this fact
take brehs who are the same height for example
breh A is really skinny
breh B athletic built
breh C is chubby
breh D is obese
Don't get me started
Brands like brooks brothers,club monaco,Gap are notorious for that shyt, like why can't you make clothes are that true to size
get these nets
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Unless a person's body has changed since the last time they purchased a wardrobe of clothes, most men know the brand's and sizing that fits them. Same way they know how sizing works with different brands of footwear.
Unless a person just descended from the sky, and shopping retail for the first time, this applies to most men.
Brands mass produce and ship the sizes and cuts that sell the most, which somewhat reflects the sizes of most of their customers.
Cap HOW?
It was $300 for a Singer sewing machine that can do soft clothes up to denim. I got started off of Stylish D (youtuber) and learned all I needed for basic alterations. Easy to do, better investment than a tailor, and not time consuming at all.
humminbird
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What do you hang it onMachine wash cold and air dry
humminbird
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I have a laundry room with a window I just put a laundry hanger by it
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Sorry to butt-in,
i am a Precision Seamstress + Patternmaker and wanted to shed light on some things:
The Singer 44S is the best domestic sewing machine on the market because it has a metal sub-frame.
Plastic sewing machines vibrate mid-stitch which adds "variance" when locking-a-stitch.
This is because the machine is actively working against you while sewing due to the built-in motor rocking the internals.
Plastic machines also have plastic bushings and drive-shafts.
The 44S is a game changer (in the domestic market) and is Singer going back to it's early 1900 roots:
every REAL tailor uses a table-top industrial sewing machine (that is metal), usually with an external Clutch/Servo motor
The 44 series are the only ones comparable to my industrial table-tops.
As far as Brother vs. Singer?
doesn't matter with modern sewing machines...sub-$300 sewing machines are indistinguishable.
and truthfully, your first few sewing machines are suppose to suck lol
BROTHER machines usually have more decorative stitches and bells+whistles, if you are into that.
SINGER has the 44 Series and everybody else (Bernina, Brother, BabyLoc, etc) will have to be competitive with it moving forward.
I used to do Alterations at Neiman Marcus Dallas and honestly,
...you can do 1/3rd of this stuff at home lol. Waist Darts, Tapering Leg Openings, Side Seam Tapers, etc etc
But if it's a couture garment, take it to somebody that is experienced in Garment Construction/
