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Not care, but dialogue: the philosophy of looking after clothes
Caring for a handmade piece is not a list of prohibitions. It is more like having a normal relationship with a material that occasionally has opinions of its own. When you choose Never Standard, you are not just adding a sweater to your wardrobe. You are adding character. And character is easier to deal with…
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Too good to wear
There are clothes we love so much that we practically remove them from our own lives. First you buy it. Then you admire it. Then you decide that today is not quite the right occasion. Tomorrow feels a little too risky as well. Too good for work. Too dressy for the shops. Visiting friends is…
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Mohair: softness with a surprisingly wide radius
Mohair knows how to make an excellent first impression. It is soft. Airy. Almost weightless. It has that luxurious fuzzy halo that makes a garment look as though it has been assembled from cloud, light and a very good mood. And then you find it on your trousers. On your coat. On the sofa. On…
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What if I don’t want to look more “correct”?
There is a curious thing about clothing advice: open almost any article on how to dress, and before long it turns out that you should not really be dressed at all. You should be hidden. Or, at the very least, rebuilt. If you are short, you must be visually lengthened. If you are tall, it…
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Viscose: from the forest to your wardrobe
The short version: yes, viscose starts with a tree. Somewhere around the same point as paper, cardboard and that receipt you’ve inexplicably been carrying around in your bag for six months. After that, their paths diverge. Wood cellulose is turned into a spinning solution, which is then formed into fine fibres. Those fibres eventually become…
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What to wear with a quirky sweater when you’ve already bought it and there’s no turning back
The quirky sweater is already home. There’s no turning back. On the website, everything made perfect sense. Then the parcel arrived, and it turned out that half your wardrobe refuses to speak to it, while the other half suddenly demands different shoes. Congratulations. You no longer have a sweater. You have a project. Do not…
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Sweater, Moth, and You: The Ultimate Guide to Storing Handmade Knitwear
How to store handmade knitwear. If you own handmade knitwear — whether it’s that cozy sweater, a cardigan with an attitude, or the scarf that nearly cost you your sanity — congratulations! You are now a proud parent of a woolly masterpiece. And like every good parent, you have one mission: keep it alive through…
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Cotton under the spotlight: best friend and its dark sides
Cotton is that friend who is always there. It breathes, puts up with a lot, treats your skin well, and generally has the reputation of a thoroughly respectable material. So respectable, in fact, that it has long acquired a natural halo. But let’s skip the canonisation. Cotton has a personality too, a few habits of…
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Acrylic: the modest hero without royal pretensions
Acrylic: the modest hero without royal pretensions While wool demands reverence, acrylic quietly waits for its moment. It has no designs on the throne and is not particularly troubled by that. Yes, it is synthetic. Yes, in a dense knit, air moves through it with very little enthusiasm. But add some openwork, a looser texture,…
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Wool: The prickly queen with attitude
Wool is a material with moods and some very independent views on life. Does it itch? Depends on the type. Some wool arrives soft and diplomatic, some explains who is in charge from the very beginning. Processing can change a lot, but the fibre still keeps its personality. Does it shrink? Absolutely. Hot water, a…
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Knitted chaos: fate’s design or its clever joke?
At Never Standard, fashion is not something we work with. Sometimes we argue with it, sometimes we flirt with it, and sometimes we simply pretend we did not notice its latest squeal. Things here usually begin somewhere beyond trends and not always with a particularly clear plan. The plan exists, of course. For a while.…
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Handmade: when the piece speaks for you
Handmade begins where a piece stops being just a piece. Not because every stitch hides some great mystery. And not because the maker sits up at midnight talking to yarn by candlelight and tying little knots with moonbeams. It is much simpler than that. Someone chose the colour. Changed their mind. Unravelled it. Decided to…
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From mammoths to modern times: pharaohs knitted too. Probably.
The history of knitting could have been serious. But then what would have been the point? No one knows exactly when humanity first looked at a long piece of yarn and decided to turn it into clothing. Let’s assume it all started with cold and irritation. It all began in a cold cave Picture an…