It is trivially easy to acquire manufactured clothes for very little money. It is very much not an efficient use of time to make your own clothes from a time-and-money perspective.
However, if you love making clothes, and find satisfaction from the creative expression and pure craft of the thing, then making your own clothes can be a wonderful thing to do.
I just finished making my first article of clothing – a pair of climbing pants. It was an extremely rewarding process. I got some high-quality cotton in a color I love, tweaked the fit and the waistband to exactly the shape I wanted, and added some custom pockets of my own (for snacks of course). It took about 10 hours or so from roll of fabric to finished pants, after a prototype test run (always recommended). I learned a ton, enjoyed the process a lot, and made a pair of pants for $25 that might retail for >$100. While certainly it might not be the MOST efficient use of time/money, it’s also something I can be proud of and will cherish for years to come.
That’s great!
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