What I heard on the radio this morning about clothing.
08-20-2011, 03:43 AM
#22
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Originally Posted by merchjag
glad I keep my clothes around for a while. How about those jeans that they sell that have holes already in them? Like I would pay for holely jeans. People must have more money than brains!!
AMEN How in the world would someone want to purchase worn out clothing and the prices they want you to pay for those things.
Also I found some denim skirts and jeans, and they looked as if they were dirty---come to find out---it was made that way---told them to keep them, I like my clothing clean looking--especially when I am just getting it from the store.
Sibyl---who must be a fuddy dutty
08-20-2011, 04:08 AM
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Originally Posted by Lori S
Another trend is polyester T -shirt type . I recently purchased a shirt that if you saw it from 5 ft away you would think is was a painted or screen printed cotton knit shirt. Well it is 100 percent poly. I liked it for the print and it was very light weight.... but it pilled like crazy. This is one of those time I ask myself .... why did I not remember from the first time Poly knits hit the market years ago?!!
08-20-2011, 04:23 AM
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One of biggest pet peeves lately has been that it is impossible to find 100% cotton jeans...they all have lycra or spandex in them...I just hate the way they look on me, plus they stretch out after a couple of hours and I find myself pulling them up all day...I was seriously thinking of buying demim and making my own...or good will...they just aren't in the stores anymore.
08-20-2011, 04:27 AM
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I read labels carefully. No poly for me, its just too hot. Thrift store shopping is good yet. I make my dresses but since I like 100% cotton its getting expensive. I wear them until they literally fall apart. ( had one one the other day, scratched an itch on my chest and the fabric spilt got my dollars out of that.lol)
I picked up some linen pants,tie waist, in Target on sale last month for $12 each .
I am so glad I do NOT have to buy clothes for kids anymore.
I picked up some linen pants,tie waist, in Target on sale last month for $12 each .
I am so glad I do NOT have to buy clothes for kids anymore.
08-20-2011, 05:53 AM
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I am so glad I don't have to do the back to school thing. I think this is nothing but greed because you know once these products fall apart they will have to be replaced I guess it will create jobs across the ocean-I don't buy ANYTHING that does not say Made in America (even in 2nd hand stores) or grown in America.
08-20-2011, 06:26 AM
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Originally Posted by QuiltMania
Originally Posted by Quiltbeagle
I was shopping for new school clothes for my 6th and 8th grader and was shocked at the horrible pants! Thankfully my kids wouldn't look at them because they were so ugly, not to mention expensive (most were in the $45-$70 range on sale!). We wound up in Sears and my son got a pair of carpenter pants in the work clothes area. They were $40 but at least they won't fall apart. My hard-to-fit daughter wound up with spandex leggings that were $20 a pair.
08-20-2011, 06:44 AM
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Originally Posted by flowerjoy
Originally Posted by BellaBoo
The report said that clothing has gotten so expensive to make that most all manufactures are using less fabric and calling it the style and using longer stitches in the seams. The new high priced jeans have long thick thread stitches and it's the 'new' must have look. You are paying more for a lot less. Only a few denim jeans brands are 100% quality cotton denim and not sold in most clothing stores. Most people who rely on quality cotton clothes for work or play are buying Carhartt, and the quality hunting/outdoor wear and forgoing dept store clothes.
The scrubs I have do not have the tie waists but elastic. I love them though and have several pair. Since mine are a poly blend they require little or no ironing, which I totally hate. The 1 thing I really dislike about quilting is the pressing, but that is a necessity. Guess this all stems from ironing all of those shirts for DH and 5 boys.
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