Weekly survey request thread

Please feel free to post as many surveys as you'd like in this thread. This post will repeat every week on Tuesdays at 8 am CST.

Submitted December 30, 2025 at 09:00AM by AutoModerator https://ift.tt/UP5Fx9z

Is modal fabric toxic?

Hello! I came across a shirt from intimissimi with this composition:
76% Modal

9% Polyammide

8% Cashmere

7% Elastan
I have never heard of modal, is it synthetic? is it considered toxic?

Submitted December 30, 2025 at 06:23AM by Small_Mulberry4908 https://ift.tt/VBRh5Ef

Looking for low to no polyester clothing brands in the UK

Hi there. I have decided that I want to shift all my clothing to natural fibers as much as possible in 2026. I want to get rid of everything polyester and I’d love to know where people are shopping I the UK for clothing that has little to no polyester in it. I am open to it having some elastane for structural integrity, but would like to wear mostly natural fibers as much as possible.

I’d particularly like to know if it’s possible to get fleece lined anything that isn’t polyester! I live in fleece lined leggings in the winter but I have begun to really dislike the feeling of polyester.

Thanks for your advice! ☺️

Submitted December 30, 2025 at 04:38AM by LisaElevate https://ift.tt/k1ZtgFj

It’s so tough to find a style that works for me

When I see people online rocking bold fashion styles, I always think they’re just born to pull off those outfits. But I can never picture how such clothes would look on me.

I’m not good at putting together outfits at all, so I often turn to fashion bloggers online to find out what the most popular matching styles are right now. My logic is: if these styles suit most people, then they should suit me too, right? Yet every time I buy those pieces and try them on, I end up realizing they just don’t fit my vibe.

I’ve even asked the very stylish people around me what style suits me best. After thinking about it, the styles they recommended are exactly the ones I can never imagine myself wearing! My friends often tell me to stop wearing oversized T-shirts and learn to dress more fashionably, but I have absolutely no idea how to take that first step.

Submitted December 29, 2025 at 11:32PM by Old-Efficiency-8642 https://ift.tt/PT7AB34

Fell in love with this jumpsuit only to find out it’s 100% polyester

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Submitted December 29, 2025 at 10:38AM by arcadesugar https://ift.tt/NwiJQgU

WAYWT Sustainable Edition

The workweek has started. Show off your sustainable Monday fit.

Share a bit about why your fit is sustainable.

This is a judgment-free zone. We all know sustainability in fashion is nuanced and complicated, so don't sweat it. For example, your polyester shirt may not be "eco-friendly" but if you've had it a long time, wear it a lot, and plan to keep it a long time then it's about as sustainable as you can get simply by how your wear it.

Let's celebrate the different approaches people and brands take to address our common goal.

Submitted December 29, 2025 at 09:01AM by AutoModerator https://ift.tt/eZMWuBP

#Tezenis #OrganicCottonBra is the lining organic cotton too?

/r/ABraThatFits/comments/1pykvsw/tezenis_organiccottonbra_is_the_lining_organic/

Submitted December 29, 2025 at 07:20AM by Kaz_zam_zam https://ift.tt/CDkj0bI

Non-synthetic botanical printing: Achieving high detail on wool using heritage techniques.

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Submitted December 29, 2025 at 02:53AM by woodylong0707 https://ift.tt/jyfs2Kb

Real leaves, real wool. My latest botanical scarf for Ancient Water.

https://ift.tt/kfZCte6

Submitted December 28, 2025 at 09:00AM by woodylong0707 https://ift.tt/kK6RfFX

“Handmade, but make it look machine” — the quiet erasure of the artisan.

We love to say handmade.

We use it in brand decks, Instagram captions, export catalogues, and price justifications.

But here’s the uncomfortable truth,

Most markets don’t actually want the maker. They want the output, minus the human.

They want embroidery—but not the 30 hours someone sat, hunched, repeating a stitch until her fingers numbed.

They want perfection—but not the moment when thread ran out and a darker flower appeared.

They want craft—but without the thumbprint, the voice, the story.

That darker flower in the Pyjama....

It’s not a defect.

It’s the exact moment a human became visible in a system designed to erase her.

Brands love to say “artisan-made” and then expect the artisan to behave like a ghost in the machine:

No opinion

No story

No deviation

No proof of struggle or limitation

Just produce, quietly.

And then we wonder why handcrafted industries are collapsing, why younger generations don’t want to enter craft, why everything is being redesigned to look “cleaner”, “neater”, “more machine-like”.

Because we’ve taught the market that:

Consistency matters more than context

Finish matters more than process

Marketing matters more than making...

What we actually need are artist-driven brands.

Not fluff-heavy storytelling.

Not over-polished narratives written by agencies.

Just,

Real products

Made by real people

With real stories that don’t need to be airbrushed

If a handmade product has to look machine-made to be accepted, then we’re not valuing craft.

We’re just borrowing its aesthetics—while erasing the hands that made it.

And that’s not appreciation.

That’s exploitation dressed up as branding.

Submitted December 28, 2025 at 04:06AM by Tas_J_Nehru https://ift.tt/ijoy7xq