For some time I've been buying cheap shirts from the market and tailoring them to fit me.
It's something I advise everyone to learn how to do.
- A sewing machine is cheap: you can find one for less than 100€
- Learning how to tailor a shirt so that it fits you doesn't take more than a couple hours
- You can save a LOT of money: I buy my shirts for 1-3€ (made out of good material of course, I discard the ones which aren't durable)
- The tailored shirt will fit you much better than the ones from the shops
A cheap shirt, made out of very cheap material, can be found for something like 15€ in a shop. If you want your clothes to be durable you'll have to spend much more than that.
You can clearly see that you can get even with your investment in the sewing machine after buying just a few clothes, all the rest is earned money.
Oh, and if you're one of those who feel guilty as they drive around all the time and consume too much over all, you could trick your conscience into believing that tailoring your own clothes will drastically reduce your pollution footprint and thus that you're saving the world, unlike all those other idiots who don't.
@rastinza Heh. I've considered a few times to learn sewing, seemed an useful skill to have. But I don't have a sewing machine (though I bet I could borrow one from my mom) and I don't have the space. Neither do I know how to get started on it and what I'd want to do with it... Plus I buy tshirts with nice prints on them from online stores. Sure, bit pricier but eh.. Though I wouldn't mind learning how to sew someday, just never see a moment to get started. Have other things to finish first. :)
@trinsec
I used to think in this same way, then I watched a couple YouTube tutorials and realized that doing basic stuff is extremely simple.
To start I got an old t-shirt and went to visit a friend which had a sewing machine; I tried on that one and then I bought a sewing machine.
It doesn't really take a lot of space, I keep it in my cabinet near my clothes.
I encourage you to try it out, specially if you can borrow a machine from your mother!
