• xj9 [they/them, she/her]
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    39 minutes ago

    heat dissipating ponchos made of shrimp pls

    though i'm personally trying to move towards wearing a huipil every day. i also just don't like clothes in general and i'm pissed that i can't go shirtless anymore now that i have tits

  • keepcarrot [she/her]
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    53 minutes ago

    I need a sort of poncho that is held off my body so that air can move through and keep heat away

  • btfod [he/him, comrade/them]
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    2 hours ago

    I'd be down to wear medical scrubs every day. The kind with lots of pocket space. Get wild with the colors and fabrics but keep the basic shape and fit. Let me wear durable pajama pants every day

  • iridaniotter [she/her]
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    5 hours ago

    Ahem, if you'd please consult the document:

    https://document.wikireading.ru/hFtWPSQLTA

    yuri

  • MaoTheLawn [any, any]
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    6 hours ago

    I buy clothes from this guy called Maggot Death who's some sort of anarchist punk

    Unfortunately he's turned more commercial recently printing popular band tees but there's still some good stuff.

    Rubashka has some good stuff too - just an American clothing brand but they do a lot of cynical cold war related stuff.

  • ShimmeringKoi [comrade/them]
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    7 hours ago

    I've started making my own clothes and I'm personally going for a kind of hooded luxuriant apocalypse preacher vibe. Lots of polyester, lots of quilting. It's hard but very rewarding so far, I can make honeycomb clothing now

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    My aunt got me some metallic color threads last Christmas that I've also been testing as a highlighter (using an earlier attempt as canvas

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    I quite like the silver/red/venom green contrast...

  • Frank [he/him, he/him]
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    9 hours ago

    There was a, idk, art projkect? Something? Years back called jumpsuit that appropriately enough would make you a fitted bespoke "everything is grey and sad and we all wear the same clothes because communism" and apparently they were wonderful because bespoke clothes actually fit and liberating because you didn't have to worry about fashion or beauty standard or anything because you just put on your jumpsuit and it did everything you needed a garment to do.

      • LaGG_3 [he/him, comrade/them]
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        7 hours ago

        Imagining how each person would start to have individual wear patterns on the coveralls, little accessories they wear, and other things like that sounds so great lol.

        • ShimmeringKoi [comrade/them]
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          7 hours ago

          Striking up a conversation about the interesting placement of your pockets and what hobbies they're for

          • LaGG_3 [he/him, comrade/them]
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            4 hours ago

            There's a advertainment YouTube channel for a denim brand that posts "reviews" of worn out garments that their customers send back in (for a discount on a new one), and there's always kinda neat stuff that wears into people's clothes - like a musician who has more wear on the left shoulder and collar of a jacket from an instrument strap

    • eldavi@lemmy.ml
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      9 hours ago

      ... bespoke clothes actually fit and liberating because you didn’t have to worry about fashion or beauty standard or anything because you just put on your jumpsuit and it did everything you needed a garment to do.

      i buy all my clothes in bulk and get them fitted in mass in an attempt to make something like this true for myself and you're right, it takes all those worries away automatically and you're free to focus on yourself.

      the only downside to doing it this way is that your aesthetic becomes dated and both shallow and young people will ostracize you for it. since they're a overwhelming majority of the people i encounter when i leave the house, it's taught me reduce the bulk purchases so that i can update the look more often.

        • eldavi@lemmy.ml
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          8 hours ago

          that's how i feel when my gen-alpha grand nieces & nephews pick on me and i CAN'T WAIT for them to start picking on their millennial parents like i did to mine at their age. lol

      • Frank [he/him, he/him]
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        8 hours ago

        I didn't even realize young people had money for clothes. Like there is one specific fashionable guy i see when i'm out shopping and he's more or less the only person I see anywhere who isn't dressed shlubby or like a circa 2012 Colombuia outdoor wear catalogue. Part of that is living in the mathematically furthest point from art, culture, and and the pulse of the new though.

        • eldavi@lemmy.ml
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          8 hours ago

          i used to like the california shabby-chic style from the mid 2000's most because it was cheap but also because of the sprezzatura nature of it was natural for me due to being a life long lazy dresser and not caring about fashion and you're right about this kind of ethos being far away from art, culture, and new thought.

          i'm an engineer without a single artistic bone in my body; but i'm been surrounded all my life by artistic & politically active people (mostly through blood) and; since they're an overwhelming majority of the people i care about in my life; i've learned to let their outsized influence be the biggest source of new forms of art, culture and new thought to enter my life.

          i still have my own sources for those things; but they're all grey beards like me and the stuff coming from gens z & alpha is usually much more fun. lol

      • Acute_Engles [he/him, any]
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        8 hours ago

        Nobody ever makes fun of jeans and a death metal t shirt from my experience and i have gen alpha nieces and nephews

        we-are-not-the-same

        • eldavi@lemmy.ml
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          6 hours ago

          i sometimes wish that were true for me; but they still pick on me mercilessly and it's nice know that you live rent free in their heads. lol

            • eldavi@lemmy.ml
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              8 hours ago

              it's because i encourage the behavior in the hopes that it will make them comfortable with questioning authority.

              i feel like i have some sort of social responsibility as the gay grand uncle to foster healthy chaos that leads to deeper understanding in my family's younger generations whenever i can and force their maga-sympathetic parents to question their views in the context of their own children and the shitty future that they're creating for them by voting for people like trump. (and also force open their minds so they won't react as badly as my parents did when their own children come out to them).

              i'm sort of like a reverse racist uncle that no one wants at thanksgiving; except that the kids love me because of all the chaos and their parents are sick of my "commie bullshit" and the best part is that i'll always have a seat at the table because their grandma wants me there and knows how to twist her children's arms into making it happen, just like our mother did to us with her "commie, art-freak" friends and to my father's chagrin. lol

  • Feline [she/her, they/them]
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    9 hours ago

    Learn how to sew!! Maybe we should make a sewing com

    I recently started learning, and it's so great to make clothes that actually fit my lanky transfem frame

    • Tom742 [they/them, any]
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      8 hours ago

      A general purpose crafting com, separate from the art one, would be sick.

      • ShimmeringKoi [comrade/them]
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        7 hours ago

        I would be the phantom of that comm, posting a hundred new half-done projects, a million episode ones

    • Ildsaye [they/them]
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      6 hours ago

      I would anticipate opsec issues with showing off unique clothes and cosplays we make, but it would be cool to talk about techniques, materials, gear, etc. and share our less identifying creations

    • LaGG_3 [he/him, comrade/them]
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      7 hours ago

      I feel like any sewing or other textile projects could easily be at home in fashion.

      I keep flirting with the idea of getting into sashiko, but haven't had the time/energy for extra hobbies.

    • ShimmeringKoi [comrade/them]
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      9 hours ago

      I found a tiny dark cramped fabric shop on a corner in my town that only takes cash and sells everything for $2 a yard, my clothing has never been cheaper

  • roux [he/him, they/them]
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    8 hours ago

    Normalize autistic fashion lol. Give me plain tagless tshirts and joggers/sweatpants any day.

    • Parsani [love/loves, comrade/them]
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      4 hours ago

      Under communism, well made, consistent and comfortable basics will be available to all at little to no cost.

      For real though, especially the consistency part. I have multiples of clothing I wear a lot, and going back to the store to find its been changed or just isn't made anymore really sucks.

      • roux [he/him, they/them]
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        52 minutes ago

        I have 2 pair of super cozy joggers I just picked up and almost wanna go and get like 6 more for backups lol. I know when I need new pants, these won't be on the racks. I have a few pair of stretchy jeans that are actually wearable without too much suffering I'd like some backups for but they cost $50 and I can't afford that now.

        It's funny because your comment reminds me of that old image of a grocery store shelf in Cuba full of tomato sauce and people were all like "Only one brand? We have choice in Amerikkka!" and I was like "It's fucking tomato sauce. It shouldn't even need one brand!"

  • someone [comrade/them, they/them]
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    9 hours ago

    Fun poncho fact! The character Chel from The Road to El-Dorado was originally planned to have her clothing be a poncho.

    Just a poncho.