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What is the difference between DIY fashion and home crafting?

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What is the difference between DIY fashion and home crafting?

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KT: Right. There is this really fine line between crafts, and what really is edgy and different. HS: From a store owner’s perspective, not a designer’s, you have this identity, and you want to protect it. We will try to carry something that nobody else carries. Unless you are going to a trade show or shopping at a national level, a lot of stores, even mainstream boutiques, will say, “Wow, I want to sell this woman’s stuff from Portland in my New York store because nobody else has it.” These stores want to individualize themselves, and one way they can do that is to sell local designers. That goes along with the whole idea of boutique shopping, and the idea of things getting smaller and more unique. KT: It’s funny. Just the word “craft” or “crafty,” along with the whole knitting thing. Crafty books, girls being crafty. There is a difference as far as looks. I appreciate the craftiness, but you can tell when things are crafty and home made versus art-based, opinionated work. HS: It all d

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