Spring Break
I Did It My Way
Too Cool for School
Connie Yan
Issue date: 2/28/07 Section: Focus
If you are more of a jewelry/clothing maker, this site will also be a great tool. You can start selling and create a store for your items. There are also sellers who specialize in beads, cloth and patterns for you to use in your creations.
Many of the items are made to order, making them even more original and anti-assembly line. I recently purchased a stack of stationary from a seller on etsy.com. After paying through PayPal, I sent the seller/designer my initials and within a week a dozen monogrammed, striped cards arrived in the mail.
What is more chic than being able to say, "Oh, I had it made for me"?
The Arts & Crafts Society is an organization dedicated to preserving the efforts made during the Arts and Crafts Movement of the early 20th century. Their Web site arts-crafts.com features listings by field, for shops and artists who sell and create handmade items. Items range from furniture, lamps, stationery, textiles and jewelry, and are available in all 50 states.
Brands such as Ralph Lauren and Louis Vuitton market select items as "limited edition," and charge more for them. Why? Because we love knowing nobody else (well, nearly nobody else) has them. Handmade original clothing is limited-edition as well-very limited. Except with etsy.com and other sellers, these limited originals cost less.
Individuality should be celebrated. We are all unique individuals, why shouldn't our clothing be too? Why buy a T-shirt from American Eagle that every other person on campus has when you can get an original?
Many of the items are made to order, making them even more original and anti-assembly line. I recently purchased a stack of stationary from a seller on etsy.com. After paying through PayPal, I sent the seller/designer my initials and within a week a dozen monogrammed, striped cards arrived in the mail.
What is more chic than being able to say, "Oh, I had it made for me"?
The Arts & Crafts Society is an organization dedicated to preserving the efforts made during the Arts and Crafts Movement of the early 20th century. Their Web site arts-crafts.com features listings by field, for shops and artists who sell and create handmade items. Items range from furniture, lamps, stationery, textiles and jewelry, and are available in all 50 states.
Brands such as Ralph Lauren and Louis Vuitton market select items as "limited edition," and charge more for them. Why? Because we love knowing nobody else (well, nearly nobody else) has them. Handmade original clothing is limited-edition as well-very limited. Except with etsy.com and other sellers, these limited originals cost less.
Individuality should be celebrated. We are all unique individuals, why shouldn't our clothing be too? Why buy a T-shirt from American Eagle that every other person on campus has when you can get an original?
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