✨🎀 Don't Rush Your Wardrobe 🎀✨

Some things just take time and there is no way around that. Building a high quality, long lasting, kawaii wardrobe is one of those things. Whether you choose slow fashion or fast fashion, it takes time to find all of those perfect pieces to build those dream outfits.

Hi! I'm The Stitchess! I'm an interdisciplinary artist and seamstress. I started sewing when I was 8 and loved it so much I made it the focus of my study in college. After a lifetime of battling severe mental health issues - I found healing in the radical softness and Japanese kawaii communities. As much as I love fashion and clothing, I also think it's important to consider how and where clothing is made. I went fast fashion free at the start of 2019 to voice my concerns over the rapid consumerism gripping the garment industry. By no means am I perfect, but I think it's important to show that change is a process. I believe it is always important to strive to be better, even if perfection is unattainable. Thank you so much for letting me share my art and process with you. I hope we can all grow together.

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Music:

Intro: Garden in Bloom by Mike Franklyn
Main: Toy Lullaby by Etienne Roussel
Licensed by Epidemic Sound

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[germfall]

“this sign can’t stop me, because i can’t read!”

[dollfacedotcult]

honestly I went into alternative fashion with a lot of disposable income - as a minor with a job but not paying rent yet - and super expected it to be very quick and easy to start my pastel wardrobe. it took me a pretty long while of buying exclusively statement pieces to realize I needed a *capsule wardrobe* to start, and *then* do the fun things. I only found your channel like 3 days ago but I'm loving it and we're in line on a lot of things, so I'm really glad I found you. keep it up babey ur a force to be reckoned with

[chornayadrakoshig]

I love how YT put an AliExpress advert on this video when I've opened it... Hysterical

[charlottecole]

it is so true that when you move away from the fast-fashion you get way pickier, I have been moving away from fast fashion for the past year and I'm trying to explore more of a feminine retro fashion. Your channel has helped me so much explore more of an alternative route throughout my fashion journey

[uncrnsprklfrts]

This is wonderful! I'm 36 and have been breaking up with fast fashion (it's a process) for the past year. I'm teaching myself to sew so I can make the wardrobe of my dreams. Basically want to dress like a elven librarian. It is such a long process if you're starting at the bottom like me, but so worth it! Also, my dolls are now super well dressed! 🤣

[ruliak]

I would love a video from you talking about poverty and fashion! Also as a low income person who has been really discouraged that I don't have the instagram wardrobe of my dreams (instead, most of my garments are things I wore as a teen that I repurposed), I really appreciated this video. Thank you.

[vengeful.cs]

Right now im trying to build up a wardrobe of quite a bit. Since im 15 and are with my parents still. I feel like now is the best time to build up with main things. So that when i move out and start life styling my lolita fashion, I'll already have plenty of items but if i ever want something new, it'll be easy to get. Cause ya know. If i dont need it. I already have enough for wearing. Then i can pay rent and eat food. And extra money can all go to my lolita wardrobe and cosplay hobby uwu

[oniodarkholme]

Yea, you have to force yourself to only buy things you fall in love with. I only buy new clothes once every 6 months, just because i love vintage and nice quality things. I have expensive tastes <3<3<3 but im poor as shit lmao

[mirandamunoz]

I clicked this video so fast while dolphin squealing. Your videos are quickly becoming my some of my faves. ❤️

[broccoliandbeans]

I've been wanting to dress in Lolita fashion since I found out about it when I was around 8. I'm now 16 and recently bought my first dress. It's not a typical Lolita dress, it's only one colour etc but I love it so much. I'm so happy I'm now able to actually wear things like that

[jordang]

I love your fashion advice. I spent years watching What Not to Wear waiting for this kind of advice, never got it.

[jaboi]

I just started building my collection last winter and I've made great process. Which is about three outfits and eight hair acessories.

[PrudenceSnickett]

Little fact : I recently got Grimoire Verum tights. I loved them back when Grimoire and dolly kei were a trendy thing in japan, and a particular one with blue butterfly got stuck on me and I would love to have them. Few weeks ago I needed tights and socks to add in my lolita wardrobe, as it is something very lacking. I bought a lot on secondhand site Mercari, I got 4, and in it that special one with butterfly.

[laurabellefontaine]

I am so happy you are on YouTube; such a unique perspective. I have been feeling overwhelmed about my wardrobe lately — that I love.

[leslieelizabeth]

The one thing I've quickly bought the most over the last couple years are the HeatTech stuff from Uniqlo. Goes under everything and keeps me hella warm or cool, 100% worth it

[zebraloverbridget]

I love that you mention that not everyone needs to boycott fast fashion. I see way too many people acting like others are horrible if they buy from fast fashion brands without even considering that not everyone can afford to do so, or, in my case, not everyone can do it and still find clothes that fit.

That being said, I prefer second hand clothing because that is the only way to find stuff that fits me where I live for most items. However, I can't buy pants without needing to tailor them all in which I don't always have time for, so I do have to buy them from kind of fast fashion brands. (women's pants are trash and don't fit me so I only get men's which aren't typically true fast fashion made items.

[grape]

I’ve noticed that especially with knitting my own clothes I’ve become a lot more conscious and careful about the specific yarn and fiber I purchase or spin for my projects. It has to be something that makes me truly happy to hold and excited to use, and nothing except for that. Not only will I be wearing the finished garment, but I will be making it one stitch at a time, so it must be a fiber, color, and texture I absolutely love. Yes, It’s been a massive learning curve (and I’m still learning), but I think for the most part I have a clear idea of what I want out of my handmade wardrobe.

[emberdhologram]

Hi, I've been watching your videos for a few months at this point, and I happen to quite love them. They inspired me to take a look at my hoarding habit, especially in relation to clothes, and work on cutting down on the clothes in my wardrobe.

I had so many things that I almost never wear, and had been so long since I had worn that they no longer fit me whatsoever! It's actually feeling amazing to cut down my wardrobe like this. I want to eventually get into lolita fashion as well as 50s & 60s inspired vintage fashion and make wardrobes for those as well, and I feel like cutting down my main mainstream wardrobe is a step in the right direction for that, to work on making that smaller and more manageable so I can learn how to work with a smaller wardrobe and limited options, as well as not buying things on impulse to make that wardrobe large again.

It will probably be a while still until I can start my wardrobes of alternative fashion, but learning these skills from watching these videos of yours is definitely helping me with what I can do right now. I've already tried my hardest to keep pieces in my wardrobe for as long as possible and in great condition, but I still had a hoarding problem of just continuing to collect new items (I need to learn not to do this). I'll keep your advice about not rushing your wardrobe in mind when I do eventually get a chance to start to build my alternative fashion wardrobes, but for now I'll focus on the advice from your videos about saying no to buying more clothes and I might try to build a basics table out of what is left of my personal wardrobe when I finish this culling. Things that I am removing are first offered to my younger sister as hand-me-downs, but if she doesn't want them they're going to be donated to thrift shops (after being washed, of course!) and I just want to thank you for your videos inspiring me to do this. It's something I should have done for years now, but always found excuses not to... until your videos gave me more reasons why I should.

So I want to thank you for that, and for all of your lovely content! I hope you're doing well and continue to make your interesting and helpful content at whatever rate is most comfortable for you! Have a wonderful day!

Sincerely,

Em

[alissaride]

This video came at the right time. I just started a page dedicated to appreciating 70s and 80s fashion. And I just realized how many clothes I *dont* have. It’s getting hard to not impulse buy a bunch of things.

[MoodyMooMoo]

I’m so bad at impulse buying, I’ve deleted my Instagram app so I wouldn’t be tempted.😭