> > Next, making cloth and sewing it was a major time sink. > You don't have to make clothes all the time. They didn't care for "fast fashion" trends back then. And you can sew while socializing even.

Bret Deveraux has a blog series about pro-modern clothes production. My impression st that it was a huge timesink - not fo fashion-related reasons but for the production from raw material until you got finally some fabric you can sew.

https://acoup.blog/2021/03/05/collections-clothing-how-did-t...

https://acoup.blog/2021/03/12/collections-clothing-how-did-t...

https://acoup.blog/2021/03/19/collections-clothing-how-did-t...

https://acoup.blog/2021/04/02/collections-clothing-how-did-t...

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