I think a lot of people are missing the point of the use of the slevedge in the 'selfedge' pieces, as stated several times in posts in this thread selvedge on fabric is not unique nor a special characteristic of a piece of woven fabric.
The selvedge is not about luxuray, regardless of how it might be sold to you as a mark of quality in say a denim, in this case the selvedge from what I see is used to illustrate a mastery of construction,if you notice the use of the selvedge on 'selfedge' pieces is not exclusive to straight edges or seams that run in a straight line this is where the mastery is, to manipulate a straight edge over a curve or a diagonal,without warping the rest of the pattern piece. this would take a ton of experimentation to get right and standardise let alone a lot of skilled workmanship to execute to this standard. the products show off a mastery of tailoring and understanding of pattern making, the use of the selvedge I guess is merely dick waving (deseveredly so) so you can understand, (if you understand a bit about fabric) that something special is going on. it also may tie to some artistic concept but I am not privy to if that exists or if it is releveant, Im just looking at the garment in front of me and I look it as product not art.
The selvedge is not about luxuray, regardless of how it might be sold to you as a mark of quality in say a denim, in this case the selvedge from what I see is used to illustrate a mastery of construction,if you notice the use of the selvedge on 'selfedge' pieces is not exclusive to straight edges or seams that run in a straight line this is where the mastery is, to manipulate a straight edge over a curve or a diagonal,without warping the rest of the pattern piece. this would take a ton of experimentation to get right and standardise let alone a lot of skilled workmanship to execute to this standard. the products show off a mastery of tailoring and understanding of pattern making, the use of the selvedge I guess is merely dick waving (deseveredly so) so you can understand, (if you understand a bit about fabric) that something special is going on. it also may tie to some artistic concept but I am not privy to if that exists or if it is releveant, Im just looking at the garment in front of me and I look it as product not art.
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