The House of Good
Sep. 17th, 2007 12:08 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
helblondeWith the job meme posts and all the friends in transition, I'm inspired to write about my dream company.
I want to start the modern equivalent of the House of Worth, which would make it the House of Good (tee hee). I want to have a sewing business where people come to me and say I need a 1860s morning dress or a 1520s German nobleman's outfit. I would ask a few questions to clarify what they're thinking and then decide whether it is interesting enough to take the job. I would want near-complete design control and to be paid what the work is actually worth.
Then, I would love to hire my friends who are tired of being wage slaves to work for me at decent wages to do interesting and fun work. (Yes, I'm thinking of youg0atface, callistotoni, and sarahbellem.)
I have had people tell me that I should sew professionally full time. That sounds great except for one detail: most (not all!) of the projects that are requested of me are boring. They have no design challenges, the materials are dull, the embellishments lacking. This is because people come to me with a vision of their own. To do this full time, I would want to own the vision.
The reason that this will remain a dream is that most people are not willing to pay the hundreds or thousands of dollars that it would really cost to make the interesting outfits. The grander and more interesting the clothing, the more expensive they are.
I want to start the modern equivalent of the House of Worth, which would make it the House of Good (tee hee). I want to have a sewing business where people come to me and say I need a 1860s morning dress or a 1520s German nobleman's outfit. I would ask a few questions to clarify what they're thinking and then decide whether it is interesting enough to take the job. I would want near-complete design control and to be paid what the work is actually worth.
Then, I would love to hire my friends who are tired of being wage slaves to work for me at decent wages to do interesting and fun work. (Yes, I'm thinking of you
g0atface, callistotoni, and sarahbellem.)I have had people tell me that I should sew professionally full time. That sounds great except for one detail: most (not all!) of the projects that are requested of me are boring. They have no design challenges, the materials are dull, the embellishments lacking. This is because people come to me with a vision of their own. To do this full time, I would want to own the vision.
The reason that this will remain a dream is that most people are not willing to pay the hundreds or thousands of dollars that it would really cost to make the interesting outfits. The grander and more interesting the clothing, the more expensive they are.