Up until 1979 80% of the clothing that existed in the US was made in Manhattan in Union sewing shops, and another 10% was made in the Carolinas.
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And that dress would've held up far longer than a Target dress ever will...
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Right! It’s still hanging in a thrift shop somewhere totally wearable despite being 50 years old.
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This looks right out of a Delia's catalog.
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This episode of Dressed briefly touches on the economics of making clothes at home in the 70s (and earlier!). There was a point where DIY was actually the economic way to go.https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a-history-of-the-paper-pattern-industry/id1350850605?i=1000490473806 …
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This podcast is so great, I need to make a better effort to keep up with it, thanks for the rec!
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My grandma had 11 kids! My mom was the oldest and therefore sewed many of her own clothes and clothes for her siblings. Pretty wild to think about
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The cost to buy clothing for that many people would have been astronomical !
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And then the other takeaway there, of course, is that $74 today is only worth what $11 was in 1970.
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The cheaper they can offer us goods, the more they can flatten our wages!
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