Something to keep in mind. On a group I am a member of, just posted a handspun/handwoven/handsewn dress they had made. It’s incredibly simple, but beautiful. However, this is what screamed out of me.
It took 180 spinning hours, 100 weaving hours, and 15 cutting/sewing hours.
And she specifically says that does not count the hours it took to spin the sewing thread she used. And that does not even take into account hours spent raising/caring for the livestock who produced the fiber.
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Now, I’m willing to allow that if this was a person who did these processes since she was a little kid, she might have been faster, but...
When you are thinking about the prices/relative cost of garments before the industrial revolution, think of that many hours of labor going into ANY garment.
Wow.
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