Clothing During The Industrial Revolution

The industrial revolution marked the beginning of ready-made clothing, and while ready-made clothing had its problems and flaws the process of hand making clothing required more challenges such as time, materials, and sizing.
Compared to ready-made clothing the time it took to produce a single piece of handmade clothing was expediential. (For the most part, families made their own clothing by hand from fabric they made or purchased locally) (Tailoring). With this family’s would spend large amounts of time making the clothing that they would wear every day. It was later during the renaissance when wealthier families would hire a tailor to produce their clothing (tailoring). It was during this time that designs for clothing became more intricate and required a more skillful hand to be able to produce such works of art. Clothing made by hand required a large amount of time compared to the relatively quick process of making ready-made clothing. …show more content…
Many families during the medieval times would have to produce their own fabrics due to the extremely hefty price (tailoring). And since fabrics cost so much money most families of middle or lower class would use one or two pieces of fabric to reduce waste and use belts, sashes, or pins to help keep the clothing secure to them; most of this clothing would be seen as very oversized compared to today’s modern sizing charts (tailoring). It was later that fabrics became cheaper to buy but clothing was still handed down, mended and altered while the children grew