Loveinamist
Registered Shopper
They are not attractive and make the most elegant woman look dreadful.
I've got a fabulous photo taken in the early 80s of dear friend Phoebe in a glam handkerchief hem vintage dress she found in a charity shop and it's beautiful. So why are the current batch of shark bites so wide of the mark? Maybe the hankie hem only works at calf level and worn by a 20 something?
I see on arsebook they are complaining about the price of the average "fashion" item and one poster sang the praises of M Hope - couldn't get enough of them!
Laziness on QVC's part. They don't need to ensure hems are straight or the 'correct' length for the garment style and the customer. Also as I keep saying, they don't cut flare on the bias which is needed to give a proper 'drape' and hang. Cutting on the bias uses far more fabric than cutting any which way in order to squeeze as many garments as poss from a piece of fabric. This also means garments have seams where you wouldn't expect them.
Ditto with dolman sleeves - removes the need to get shoulders and upper arms to fit properly and means sleeve length is not so important.
Perhaps the reason why the vintage dresses do hang so much better(in my opinion )is that they are cut on the bias when necessary to provide the correct hang and swing to the garment .Also,the bottom hems are sewn unlike many which are just overlocked nowadays. They don't have weight to hang properly .Sewn hems only seem to be found on more expensive clothes.I do agree that a lot of clothes are cut for quantity -unfortunately not quality.
It's not as if these cheaply made clothes are cheap on QVC. I can get a decent top in John Lewis for less than the price of one from QVC's prestigious ranges !