Something I see a lot in the Maker movement is men underestimating how difficult fabric and sewing is (especially with respect to cosplay):
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Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis
I don't think people really grasp that sewing is a skill and that textiles are a legitimate subject of study. The whole point of Elle Woods studying fashion merchandising is that it was supposed to be frivolous but it's actually hard and those skills were transferable to Harvard Law.
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It's a LOT harder to make functional clothes yourself than you might think.