How to recognize poor vs. good quality in clothes (in 5 points) | Justine Leconte
This video explains how to spot (cheap) bad quality clothing and what high quality would look like. You don’t need to be a fashion designer to learn how to recognize poor quality!
I tackle the following 5 points:
– Good fit / Good cut
– Colors / Dyeing
– Prints / Appliqués / Jacquards
– Fabrics / fibers
– Sewing quality / Stitching / Threads
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FIBERS MENTIONED
– The core 4 natural ones: cotton, silk, linen and wool.
– The “new” natural ones (with better properties, derived from natural materials): modal (better than cotton), viscose (made from wood), tencel (made from bamboo).
– The most common synthetic ones: acetate (this one is old and not breathable, stay away!), rayon (a substitute for silk), nylon, acrylic (a substitute for wool), polyamid, elathane (great to make e.g. a cotton fabric or denim fabric bounce back after you have moved!)
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Hi Justine, I enjoy your channel very much, your videos are super sympa :). Could you share where to find good quality wardrobe for my 16yr old daughter and stay away from fast fashion like Zara and such? We shop onlie. Thank you! Looking forward to your upcoming feeds.
As a seamstress, this guide is spot on and I learned a few new things too! I’d love to know how you add the organza to the seams to cover them. I understand your thoughts on serging the hem edge before hemming but on some fabrics turning it under the 1/4 inch would make it too bulky. We used to use hem tape to finish the hem. Good luck finding it here in the US, so I serge to keep it from being bulky. Another question what do you use for lining a skirt. When the skirt is cotton, I use Batiste or broadcloth and I know that’s probably not ideal but I like the feel of it. But what do you use for wool?
Before purchase, how can I tell an item was not cut in line with the fabric? Not trying to get twisted seams
My kid received a t-shirt on Xmas. Very pretty. I always wash clothes before wearing. First wash it came back a little shrunk and misaligned. Such a disappointment.
Some years ago we bought for my man t-shirts only on higher end stores during sales. Those t-shirts still hold up. They are still perfectly aligned. Colours intact. The cheaper one’s are just not worth it.
I already knew to *try* to look for matching stripes, on the off-chance a mass-merchandiser had one in stock, and to look for the seams. BUTTONS are another hideous problem with fast fashion! The one thread they’re held on with comes right off in a single wash. I end up sewing on every button for anything but a pair of pants, unless it’s a "fashion element" like on the sides of the legs. I have also resewn plenty of hems. I can do them quickly now, even on a break at work while I’m wearing most items.
But I didn’t realise that the issue with knits was so common. I’ve had twisted seams a few times but I buy most clothes from secondhand shops, so maybe it was just poor washing. I don’t mind. I was just going to wear out the clothes soon anyways, between house cleaning and animal shelter work. There is no reason to buy new clothes in a major city in America unless it’s undergarments or shoes. I find brand-new items with tags on them all the time!
Being able to look for twisted knits and other issues as a manufacturing problem and not as a "this was just poorly treated" problem is a new idea. I’ll share this video with friends who are also low-income so they can make better decisions about what to buy. There are a lot of $10USD shirts; we don’t HAVE to buy the worse-made one!
You have made me a ‘seam nerd’ – now I never buy anything without checking the seams.
Justine, there’s a beautiful jacket I’ve been eyeing for a while. It is quite expensive and expensive looking. It is made of 100% good quality cotton. The problem is the lining is made of 50% viscose and 50% acetate. What do you suggest? Should I buy it or look for a jacket with a different fabric lining (which is probably more expensive)?
Hi there! Now that you saw my failed purchases from the past (sigh), what are yours?? 🙂
Hello Justine. That is a nice video. I would love to hear your opinion even deeper in terms of how to see whether the fabrics are made under good conditions and at a higher quality especially for viskose. The background is I know that UK suffers from the production, so we don‘t have to go very far away to see the causes. It became so hard to get through the jungle of greenwashing, fairness etc. Your videos are very helpful and easy to understand. Thanks for taking care and sharing your knowledge. I am happy with my capsule wardrobe since many years and I am pretty sure I can still learn a lot.
well explained
Thank you for sharing this great knowledge.
Hahaha. Do not wash! And how is it supposed to work for me as a consumer? Bravo! That’s the same question every time I see something like this on a label…
Хахаха. Не стирать! И как это должно работать для меня, как потребителя? Браво! Вот тот же вопрос каждый раз как вижу что-то подобное на ярлычке…
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Very good teaching I love it too much dear dear
I love this channel, I am learning so much!
How to recognize BEFORE a purchase whether the piece of cloth will twist afterwards?
Thank you 😊
Wearing 100% synthetic fabric is like wearing a trash bag.
I am lower class and have no real experience with quality clothing. And finding such in the shops to get familiar with them is increasingly difficult. I think I have to go into Manchester to visit Selfridges and Harvey Nichols to have a look at things first hand.
Great information. I wanted to add that the hole in the t-shirtless may have been from an anti theft device stapled through the garment. I have noticed that although you don’t see the hole when they remove the device, the hole will grow after each wash. Those devices actually destroy the fabric.
Great video, very informative!!
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2024 we need this video 😅
Merci c’était génial ! Chaine de super qualité et tes vidéos sont toujours très informatives, bien construites et straight to the point
Super great tips. Definitely going to use these
Hi Justine, I am from Brazil and don’t have access to the good brands you mention sometimes, I want to buy clothes with more quality, could you make more videos about it? For example, which type of fabric is better in the linning? What are good mixes of fabric and how much of each one should it contain
Thank you!!!
Any and all clothes I have purchased from Walmart actually unravels in the wash.
I just started sewing and had never thought or cared about quality clothes until I wanted to make nice clothes myself. These tips are useful to people learning to make clothes too. Thanks.
Loved it!
I’ve noticed white athlete shirts have gotten see through. Even the high end brands are doing this. Trendy or cheep?
Thanks 🤗💕
Thanks,mam I was in the search for this vedio so that I can purchase some poor quality products and clothes for me of bad fit,bad fabric quality,bad prints, and the worst stiching
Honestly that patchwork top is the most awful piece of clothing that ive ever seen in my life. The colors are making me blind. No offence
Thanks for the information about “new” naturals. That was a gap in my knowledge.
I realised that 90% of my outfits are of low quality the remaining 10% were high quality. That’s why I avoided night markets in my country selling extremely cheap clothing. I bought two outfits from there when I was a student both of my outfits came apart after 1 year. In Italy I bought many affordable outfits because I couldn’t find quality clothing there and I didn’t want to spend way too much money on brands like Chanel, LV, Prada because I will be paying for the brand most of the time it will be better if they do sell a little pricy clothings which are much better quality but I couldn’t find them.
How do we look for a good quality 100% cotton ?
Thank you
Hi Justine, after several years of only thrifting, im currently getting into buying more high quality clothes. What are good mixed fabric options when you say you like mixed fabrics. Would you suggest e.g. 50 percent cotton and 50 percent synthetic fibers such as polyester? Or what ratio do you suggest? Thanks a lot! Your videos are very helpful!
And let’s not forget how much poorly made clothes absorb the smell of sweat!
Some cheap clothes i’ve bought troughout the years gets super smelly even just after one time i wear them, even tho they come straight from laundry, and no matters how many time you wash them, it’s just impossible to get rid of that smell. And that’s totally because of the poor materials those clothes are made of
I like buying clothes and learning differences in quality and you make it informative and succinct, delivered with an absolutely killer French accent that would make learning the rules of cricket listenable!
Please make a video on how to buy leather boots.
Kind of ironic that the first ad that popped up on this video was from Target.
Justine,
Please put these videos in a play list.
They are VERY IMPORTANT INFORMATION !!!
Thank you so So SO Much!
As a seamstress, this is awesome! I got a coverstitch machine, because I was tired of not being able to get a flat hem with a double needle on knit fabrics. I’m still learning with it… different fabrics don’t always react the same, but it’s still awesome to have. Sometimes when people bring me stuff to alter, I give it back better than when they brought it to me. Sadly, I can’t fix poor cut, like off-grain cuts. But I can make better seams and hems that will stay put longer.
I would love to see an update of this video in 2023!
Another point about poor quality linings that do not have extra give: over time, loose weaves, especially in natural fibers, will stretch out over time, causing the outer garment to extend far beyond the inner shell. This is more likely to happen if they are not secured together.
Your information is excellent.
Your hands are amazing.
Merci beaucoup. Tank you sister.
The "new natural" fibers are not durable at all and frequently use very non-ecofriendly practices to manufacture. I stick with natural fibers. What’s unfortunate is that they are becoming nearly impossible to find in the USA because people are too lazy to iron their clothing. Someone below mentioned buying men’s clothes. Men’s clothing still does have some cottons, for example, that are nearly impossible to find in women’s clothes in the USA. And don’t get me started on the horrible quality of socks today.
I look at the label which kind of fabric is used.
Hello Justine 🙏🏽💜 can you please do a haul on Karen Millen and Massimo Dutti?