The DIY Fashion (do It Yourself) And Its Benefits For Your Health

You may have already heard of the DIY craze. This term is more commonly known as “do it yourself”,  or in English,  “Do It Yourself”. In recent years it has emerged as a social phenomenon.

In itself, it consists of encouraging us to elaborate from original pieces of clothing, utensils for the home or for our daily beauty. Always through ingenuity, skill and a lot of imagination.

Who can resist? There are many people who enjoy these practices, which are already more than just a hobby. They entertain us and are also very economical means with which to obtain from precious crochet bags or cushions  to stuffed animals, tapestries, or original objects made with recycled materials.

The ideas are endless! Proposals full of originality and fantasy that, in turn, provide us with great benefits for our physical and emotional health. In this sense, today we want to talk to you about DIY fashion and everything it can do for you.

Understanding the DIY fashion a little more

• The DIY fashion seeks to save money and encourage people to be more autonomous in their daily lives.
• DIY is also applied, for example, to repairing plumbing or electrical faults, to restoring furniture, to making a garden. Practices where we use our hands and our ability, without “consuming”.
• Another of the principles of DIY is to conserve the environment. An essential basis is that, whenever possible, we use material that we can recycle or reuse. As is the case with glass, cardboard or plastic.
• This fashion has, in turn, achieved something interesting: correcting the idea that DIY is an exclusively male practice.  To this day, DIY has been a feminine phenomenon. “We are the ones who do it.” It does not matter if they are carpentry, crafts, or even construction.
• This phenomenon has also left the private sphere to rise as a commercial movement. That is, many have found a means with which to earn a living. Nowadays, “handmade” is more appreciated. Objects made with art, quality and that, in turn, are exclusive.

• More and more portals are growing where not only are others taught to make their own creations, but they are also sold.

Health benefits of DIY fashion

Having this hobby will help us a lot to relativize problems and relieve that stress that, sometimes, we do not know how to manage.

Few things can be as satisfying as doing a task through your hands. With this, we see that we are capable of creating and “producing” something through our effort and imagination. The DIY trend helps us both to save money and to feel useful.

• Being able to restore and decorate a box for children to store their toys is very rewarding.

• And even more, can you imagine being able to install a tap yourself? Or make a lamp? Or make an original armchair, with its tapestry included? It’s fabulous! We improve our self-esteem and ability to achieve.

Planning a project, designing it, finding the parts, building it, and finally seeing it finished requires incredible mental processes. These help improve our memory and imagination.

All manual tasks help us to move our hands and arms, to keep us mentally and physically active. We improve the mobility of the fingers and joints.  Especially those that tend to suffer, for example the carpal tunnel or the shoulders.

Well, apart from the aspect of saving money, it is beneficial to use daily products that have been handcrafted with materials that we have controlled at all times.

• Surely that sweater you have made does not contain harmful paints or harmful dyes.
• That cardboard box surely does not have harmful paints that your young children can ingest.

• If you are looking for quality raw materials, you will always be taking care of your health.

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Now tell us …

Are you also a fan of DIY fashion? If not, you already know: start today.