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Not to be a hippie about it but when I see sequins on a garment, I immediately think of a poor person in a third world country who has to sew on every little sequin (because it does have to be sewn by hand) to get paid cents a day just so they can afford that bowl of rice that will keep them alive.
I guess buying a sequined garment may keep these people employed but the look is a bit too overt "look at me". When I crave shine, I prefer silky fabrics instead.
Most sequined clothing isn't hand sequined anymore -- it's done by machine. With all the sequins even paying a poor person to do it by hand would be costly in the end.
Years ago, my mom hand beaded the front of a simple silk sleeveless shell she made -- sequins, seed beads, bugle beads and and these pear shaped beads that hung off the bugle beads -- very sparkly and lots of movement. It took her several months for it to be ready for New Years Eve.
I like the look of sequins juxtaposed with something like jeans, but I would not wear them very often because they are scratchy and hard to clean without the sequins falling off.
I've got a couple of sequined t-shirts. They are fun, but I don't have a full on sequined top.
I saw a sequined wrap dress in the stores yesterday. I am tempted, but considering the machine sewing, I feel like it needs to be very cheap for me to partake. You can't even hop that buttons stay on clothes these days, you'd probably leave a trail of sequins if you aren't careful.
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