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I've just watched Bernadette Banners' video “How to Identify Quality in Clothing (A Rant)” and I'm a bit surprised by the way serging is basically condemned as evil.
I do hate the serger (and the serger hates me), so on the clothing I make I tend to use french seams, bound edges and all those finishes, but other than the odd flat felled seam on sportswear I don't think I've ever seen a professionally made garment where the raw edges weren't finished with serging, even when it was an actual seamstress doing custom work.
Of course there is serging and serging, and the video does mention what to look for for better (or less worse, as they framed it) serging, but I just don't understand how one is supposed to find garments that aren't serged at all for sale.
@valhalla She is definitely coming from a point of view! But I think at some point she allows that serged edges combined with an actual seam is tolerable. In my own making, I break ALL her rules! It was fun to see how far I have strayed from conventional standards for clothing construction. She's great though, and for people looking for conventional, historical quality, her point of view seemed right on.
@susiemagoo indeed, I think that's the first time I have to complain about something seen in a video by Bernadette Banners, which somehow makes it worse? :D
(I mean, other than the fact that I now have a witch hat and handsew at least part of my shirts, and it's partially her fault :D )