[threefates]

Alexander McQueen ‘Joan of Arc’ fw 1998

[unpopular]

Twiggy, Vogue Italia, 1969

[littlemisslacey]

[allonsybadwolf]

"crochet can't be made by machines" went from being a cool fun fact to being a call to action of "so if you see mass manufactured crochet in Target, that was made by a person and they were underpaid and you should boycott it" which is true, it was made by a person, but EVERY item of clothing you own (that you did not purchase from a company using ethical labor) was made by a person being underpaid (at *best*.)

Sewing machines are operated by *people*. Knitting machines are operated by *people*. Yes lots of the process is automated but you cannot tell a machine "make me a t-shirt" or "make me a knit cardigan".

Higher awareness of fast fashion, and the true human labor and abuse behind it, is GREAT, but let's not pretend that the crochet hat in target is THE problem. Every article of clothing in target is the problem. "All clothes are made by people" is the jumping off point here into understanding this issue it's not just crochet it's the whole thing ahhhhHHHHHHHHHH

[steampunktendencies]

A vintage Singer sewing machine head repurposed as a wall sconce with a sleek black fabric shade

[myblessedwedding]

alexander mcqueen rosary heel spring/summer 2003

[itgirlinternet]

Christian Dior, fall-winter 1949 haute couture

[sexysaltine]

hunter schafer's custom prada klimt inspired look from the met gala drawn by me ✨

[diana-andraste]

La femme aux fleur, Albert Joseph Pénot, 1900

oil on canvas

[theoriginalsupermodels]

Valentino - Spring 1999 RTW

[sexysaltine]

slayyyter stan since day 1

[sexysaltine]

doodles

[dopequeen1738]

anna sui spring 1997

[achillesinhighheels]

[sexysaltine]

ballerina doodle

[sexysaltine]

my sarah burton givenchy favs

[tomb-mold]

im watching a little doc on youtube about an 11th century castle, and theres a bit where they are talking to a group of older women who are working on a large hand embroidered tapestry commemorating its nearly 1000 years of history & into the modern era.. and off on the border they show a bit where the women have stitched themselves working on it into the piece itself, and it made me kinda emotional

how amazing to have a visual depiction of the women who spent literal years painstakingly stitching such a wonderful piece of art that historically would have gone uncredited