Making Fashion more International/Accessible/Innovative

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Let's dump some international fashion.

http://www.yevuclothing.com/lookbook/

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Indonesian

>>10711897
yo the best way to go about this is check out an international fashion fair
- there was one in London last February. Designers from each nation set
out exhibits and then stand by them all day! Its pretty cool - some stuff is
obviously inspired by current trends and other stuff is too formal to be
that relevant to me but there was a pretty good selection.

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>>10711940
Totally bookmarked this. Need more.

>>10711897
>small clothes manufacturers
http://www.storymfg.com/
Apparently it's a part of 'slow fashion'

Interesting thread OP :)

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>>10712009
I'm not familar with this topic at all. All images are random google search.

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>>10711960
That's more of a vegan brand though. Here's another vegan shoe brand:

http://www.rombaut.com

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http://www.africanprintinfashion.com/2014/02/prints-of-week-toure-designs.html

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had to pull out my book, there is an african brand called sun goddess, probably start from there

>>10712076
>vegan
What do you mean with this?

>>10712119
They don't use animal products (leather/fur) in their clothes and shoes. Fashion shoes are usually made of leather.

>>10711897
What I mean by accessible is:

>Teach Africans how to manufacture good clothing
>They sell it to the world - Good quality, but cheaper than Europeans designers who imitate African styles
>Africans can sustain themselves better while the world has more fashion choice

>>10712148
>>Teach Africans how to manufacture good clothing

>>10711897
>Unfortunately, these people often lack the know-how of European tailoring.

Are you saying that European tailoring is better than Third-World/African tailoring?
Could you expand on this?

>>10712432
Not op, but dude, obviously European tailoring is the best, specifically Italy and France are outstanding and better than the rest by a huge amount. The next best thing is Japan.

>>10712607
But why?

>>10712432
Tailoring and materials manufacture takes a lot of know-how. If you think you can just sew together peices of cloth - that will absolutely look like ass. Just compare the quality of H&M clothing to European-made designer clothing.

You need to cut the exact the shapes, the material needs to have exact properties, and you need to sew in exact ways in exact places to put it all together - Make one mistake you can trash the whole thing. Moreoever, the clothing needs to remain functional when you move in all kinds of ways, when you sweat or it rains, and when you wash it it has to retain its shape. And the human body itself is a amorphic figure - your arms aren't actually straight, your torso isn't a cylinder/cuboid, etc. Tailoring is really difficult, even if you know how to use the sewing machine.

>>10712651
I'm not a tailor, so this is the best explaination I can offer. If you don't believe me, either:

a) Inspect a expensive designer piece like a suit jacket and ask yourself if you could've done this, or
b) Try to sew your own t-shirt and make it look like a designer t-shirt - you'll fail miserably even if you try 50 times.

>>10712665
>Tailoring and materials manufacture takes a lot of know-how
>>10712688

Sure, tailoring is not an easy task, but it does not explain why Africa is less proficient in tailoring. Why would they know less? Is it because of the economic or political situation?

I keep asking because I don't know where OP got the idea that Africa, or any other Third World country, can't make good clothing.

http://www.africafashionweeklondon.com/

>>10712755
You really don't seem to grasp how know-how is handed down. African (and other third world) countries were never developed, they never had clothes manufactories, never learned how to use sewing machines, they never had tailoring schools.

They are bad tailors for the same reasons they are bad engineers. You don't get born with the ability to do difficult tasks.

If however some first world countries would make the effort to educate the tailors over there - like an internship in Europe, or sending people down there as teachers, they would receive the know-how and could then spread it by themselves.

>>10711897

Good thread OP. Feel the same way occasionally. Hope this thread progresses further.