Sewing is understood as that activity or process by which fabrics and fabrics are joined through threads. Sewing is undoubtedly one of the main inventions of man when it comes to adding comfort to his lifestyle since it has allowed him to develop garments and clothing that covered his body in a safer and more durable way, that is, sewing allows one fabric not to detach from another.
Sewing can be traced back to prehistoric times when man sewed pieces of animal hides in a very primitive way to be able to wear them on his body and thus protect himself from inclement weather. But of course, with the passage of time and the evolution of man, sewing would begin to have a mission associated with beautification and fashion, that is, man begins to use sewing no longer to satisfy a primary and basic need such as it was to wrap up so as not to die but to look beautiful, elegant, among other things.
Main characteristics and types
Sewing is based on the union of two or more pieces of fabric or textile from the use of threads and other materials. Sewing always supposes a greater complexity of the clothes since to carry out such a process it is necessary to take into account the dimensions of the body, the shape, the type of material that will be used and the way in which the garment is intended to fall on the body. . In addition, sewing can also involve the use of different materials that are used to wear the garment, such as buttons, hooks, elastics, and so on. The seam presents various types of stitches, details, joints and links that will depend on the type of garment that is being made (it is not the same to sew a dress as pants or a tuxedo).
The Industrial Revolution induces the mass production of textiles
It is clear that with the development of the Industrial Revolution, advances in the textile industry were very important not only when it came to producing textiles but also when making garments, now in a massive way. For such an activity, the presence of sewing machines (which evolved over time) made it possible to replace manual sewing work that took much longer and, therefore, made the product more expensive.
Today, sewing shows great technical advances and in terms of tools. However, the highly massive production of clothing has made professions such as tailors or repairers of different types of garments disappear due to the ease of getting new and cheap garments every time one is damaged.
Haute Couture, luxury garments tailored to the customers who consume it
Just as we have just said that mass production currently rules, we cannot ignore the existence of a niche within the world of fashion and sewing that is very relevant, arouses great interest from the public and moves millions for the quality of the garments: The couture.
Haute couture consists of making luxury clothing, that is to say, it is about pieces that have a superlative value due to the fabrics and materials involved, due to their unique design and the completely handmade production, without the intervention of any sewing machine. sew, only the precise hand of the designer.
These types of garments are created in a very exclusive way, being unique and original, that is, several models of the same dress are not manufactured, and mostly tailored to the client who requests them.
It is also common that garments of this type are only made to be exhibited in a parade, that is, they do not have a particular recipient but are the result of the designer’s ingenuity, and then, it can happen that a client appreciates them in the parade and buy them.
Medicine: procedure to close wounds
On the other hand, the concept is used at the request of medicine to refer to the action carried out by surgeons when they must restore a wound in a patient. The open wound in the body resulting from an accident or an operation is sewn with a special thread in order to seal it and wait for it to heal. Normally, and after a reasonable period of time, the doctor removes these points from the patient.
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