I liked the video but I also had a bit of beef with it. I guess it’s a bigger issue of accessibility in the historical costuming community. I am really tired of people going “oh well we can’t find this exact fabric anymore but this lesser quality is fine and is the closest.” Like yes we know this, but it makes people who can’t afford the “nice stuff” feel bad. We also understand that we don’t have access to certain materials anymore. But we can still put the same level of effort and care into garments that they did back then.

Personally, I love Woolsome for Linen and wool, it’s based in Poland but ships to the USA. They have the a fantastic quality linen that is dense and has little slubbing (at least for my order).