A video has started spreading on social media in which R. Rimkė openly expressed a skeptical opinion about designers who create from used clothes and the customers who choose their creations.
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She agreed to share the recording also with the readers of the Žmonės.lt portal.
“You have probably noticed that many businesses have appeared that sew products from pieces of fabric, which I will call frankly – from waste, that is, from used clothes, and sell them at quite a high price. I call this not sustainable fashion, but ragged fashion. Probably many have seen that character from animated cartoons – a ragged woman who was so poor and never had clothes, they were only clothes sewn from patches. So if you buy such clothes, it means you support ragged fashion and those clothes are completely useless to you.
I will tell you a few reasons why? Because first of all, clothes, like everything on our earth, wear out, deteriorate, even if the item just stands unused. So clothes made from former other, old clothes will never be of good quality, durable, because they are simply old and will tear very quickly.
Another thing, probably no need to say much about energies. Scientists have already done many different studies. It is unclear who wore that used clothing, what they felt, what emotions were when wearing it, and all that is stuck in that clothing. Maybe the person went through difficult life stages, maybe suffered from depression or other illnesses. And if you put on this whole cocktail, don’t think you will feel great.
I support those people who create from new, quality materials, it can be linen, silk, cotton, we really love those materials and the clothes made from them.
So the question now is just for you to think about, what will you support? Will you support ragged fashion – we will have more ragged people on the streets and creators of that fashion, or will you buy clothes from those designers who create, try to present a beautiful product so that people look stylish, feel comfortable – then we will have more such creators, so think about it,” said R. Rimkė.
A heated discussion broke out under the post. While some followers agreed with the stylist, others did not spare sharp criticism and counterarguments.
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“I agree 100%. Ragged fashion has nothing to do with good style, quality, or fashion… Some kind of ‘beggars’ show, which is well advertised and supposedly helps nature a lot… Glad that there are still people with common sense, I was already starting to think I was the only one losing it… Good luck to you!”, wrote one follower.
“Yes Renata, you hit the nail on the head. I agree with your opinion. Even after the war, when there was a shortage of everything, women wore very stylish clothes and not from just any rags…”, agreed another woman.
“I disagree. Sustainable fashion can be very luxurious and tasteful! Re-sewn fabrics will be durable and will not tear if sewn from quality fabrics. Such clothes are wonderfully created by designer Olesia,” said another social media user.
“I support ragged fashion! Human, grandmother’s woven homespun, old woven linen, etc… Of course, I will not support haute couture things, because any seamstress will tell you that altering an item/garment is always harder than taking a new piece of fabric and cutting it. So in this case, you are wrong. And the altered item costs more because it requires much more work. Long live ragged women and their fashion!!!”, said another commenter.
“I disagree…. I am putting in my created and sewn jumpsuit, which is made from unused Levis jeans and Scottish wool. For the patchwork, I used scraps left from a sewn jacket. So the fabrics are very high quality. Another aspect, creating and sewing from a single fabric is much easier, but arranging so that the color scheme, texture fit and sewing really requires skills and visual perception. And, the last aspect, such a garment is definitely unique and noticeable,” shared another woman.
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