Comments by "Piccalilli Pit" (@piccalillipit9211) on "" video.

I MAKE BESPOKE historical mens clothing, the fabric is manufactured 40 miles away from me IN the EU. If I want to sell to the UK I cant prove origin cos I buy from a shop TO ORDER and the manufacturers have zero interest in talking to me. So I would have to sell at 78% extra in the UK compared to the EU* *This is just my hobby, but people ask me all the time to make stuff for them, mostly people in the UK.
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@jean-pascalesparceil9008 - We have a LOT of people in villages here that hand weave cloth on looms in their homes. It is seen as important here that the cloth for traditional costumes is handwoven, it imbues the garment with originality and authenticity. I have often thought that it would be very sought after by the medieval reenactment people... I have just been learning about medieval life in the Uk through the Podcase "were not so different" with Dr Eleanor Janega, whom you may have heard of. I 100% recommend it if you have an interest in this period - its FASCINATING. The cloth I buy is woven mostly in the city of Gabrovo, and I try to buy communist-era cloth if I can, there is still a lot of it about. Its better quality and more "traditional" in that its thicker and coarser as fabrics used to be. How am I going to get a place of origin certificate for a 70 year old bolt of cloth???
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@jean-pascalesparceil9008 - I can't really comment, I'm quite isolated as well - you guessed it, as a result of the pandemic. I make clothing 1900 to 1930 [just making a 1910 lounge suit at the moment], they are almost historical recreations but I'm not obsessive about it. But there does not seem to be anyone making these clothes so i get asked all the time to make things for people. I don't have a website cos I would just be endlessly turning people down. I did a costing and a two-piece bespoke suit would be about €1000 - thats 80 hours of work + fabric. But it would likely cost a UK person £1,500 - €1,780 - with the VAT the transport costs, import duty and extra money for me for the aggravation. The killer is there would need to be at least ONE if not two fittings. 1920's suit patterns are for 1920's bodies. They were standing much straighter, they were slimmer, and their shoulders were further back than modern TV watching, computer using humans... For myself, I have to pad out the back of the shoulder to correct "computer users stoop" and make the shoulder seam fit and I dont have a pronounced stoop for a modern person, but in the 1920's people that wore new suits stood military erect. Long diversion - any way, what Im saying is the aggravation of sending things back and forth to the UK - I just cant be bothered with it.
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@jean-pascalesparceil9008 - Yeah, this idea that loose and baggy is trendy and comfortable is a VERY modern invention to sell you things that dont fit... I remember very distinctly the first time I made and put on a bespoke pair of trousers, my comment was "OH SH!T" because I knew I could never wear an off the rack pre-made pair of trousers again - that was 2 years ago and I have not. I set about making 6 pairs of trousers and I have expanded and improved since. I recently gave all my jeans, trousers and suits to the Red Cross to give to Ukrainian refugees. I never knew that trousers were NOT supposed to be uncomfortable, I did not even know they WERE uncomfortable until I put on a bespoke pair that fit me. I wear historical clothing every day BTW - and Im the only Englishman in this part of town so I think everyone now believes this is what English people dress like LOL.
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