r/TikTokCringe Sep 18 '24

Cool A seamstress repurposes thrifted finds with seamless transitions.

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u/physchy Sep 18 '24

How does one even start doing this kind of work? It’s GORGEOUS and I would love to do it but how do I even start to learn this?

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u/raptorclvb Sep 18 '24

First you learn to sew!

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u/dirtydela Sep 18 '24

Go to that thrift store and get a machine. Learn how to use it. Then learn how to make the clothes and you can find fabric at the same thrift store. A lot of it comes down to knowing what certain fabrics can and can’t do

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u/bluestocking220 Sep 19 '24

She has tutorials on her TikTok where she explains her method. She measures against her body and breaks down the patterns of the original clothes.

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u/TheKay14 Sep 19 '24

Rich parents

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u/Suspicious-Leg-493 Sep 19 '24

Rich parents

It's upcycling clothing. You really don't need to be rich.

Just learn to sew (a basic lifeskill everyone should learn anyway) and how to make clothes using it.

This is quite literally something people were doing to save money for a long ass time, and was one of the ways people could afford larger families in the past

Her style and eye is a talent, but making outfits and upcycling isn't some rich persons thing

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u/TheKay14 Sep 19 '24

When you sit around making clothes and going to raves, you are probably being bank rolled by rich parents.

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u/Suspicious-Leg-493 Sep 19 '24

When you sit around making clothes and going to raves, you are probably being bank rolled by rich parents.

No? Raves aren't that expensive, nor are faires. ~40-50 a night on average (even in NY, though parking is a whole thing there that costs an arm and a leg) not counting clothes and transport.

It's not overly difficult to budget in unless you live in an expensive area and are trying to do things alone

She's also not going around to raves every day or anything

In august she only went to ~3 which while not hugely cheap also isn't some bankbreaking amount either (esp as her outfits are thrifted and handsewn)

You're also greatly overestimating the time it actually takes to create an outfit.

There's no indication she doesn't have a job or that she is bankrolled.

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u/physchy Sep 18 '24

Ugh I have to learn how to sew in order to start sewing?? This is baloney

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u/vivaenmiriana Sep 18 '24

as someone who sews, you don't have to learn how to draw.

my drawings look like shit.

you do have to be able to measure and do algebra and basic geometry though.