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What kind of joke is this? Who on Earth needs a new set of clothes EACH month, all looking the same? If it is some sort of art project attempt, well... then I

What kind of joke is this? Who on Earth needs a new set of clothes EACH month, all looking the same? If it is some sort of art project attempt, well... then I guess it is beyond what I can grasp as I can't figure the point of it.

jpalomaki 10y ago
Because you want to avoid making unnecessary choices. Having to decide when to order new to replace old is one extra thing that will take cycles from something more important. https://medium.com/personal-growth/why-steve-jobs-wore-the-same-outfit-every-day-f792072f7ecf https://medium.com/personal-growth/why-steve-jobs-wore-the-s...
- literallycancer 10y ago
  Exactly. It's minimalism at it finest.
  - epicide 10y ago
    This isn't minimalism. The clothes themselves are of a minimalist art style, but the service is elitist and wasteful. If you want to only have simple clothing, that's perfectly fine. If you don't want to have to spend a lot of thought on clothing, that's awesome! I'm the same way. However, subscribing to an overpriced service that sends you clothing on a schedule is extremely wasteful. It's basically planned obsolescence in clothing form. It is just as simple to go find a few articles of clothing you really like and wear those until they are no longer wearable, then donate/sell and replace. Minimalism is about maximizing the value out of things you own while minimizing their impact on your life. This accomplishes neither.
    - literallycancer 10y ago
      >Minimalism is about maximizing the value out of things you own while minimizing their impact on your life. This accomplishes neither. That's largely a matter of personal taste. >However, subscribing to an overpriced service that sends you clothing on a schedule is extremely wasteful. High price doesn't necessarily imply wastefulness, unless you mean that you are wasting money? But that's a function of your earning potential, not only the item price. It's only wasteful if you end up with too many pieces. If you know your t-shirts last 2 years on average, and you need 12 of them, they getting a new one every 2 months is no more wasteful than any other purchasing pattern that keeps you stocked.
  - adrianN 10y ago
    If by minimalism you mean to consume much more resources and generate much more waste than necessary, then yes.
- kk_cz 10y ago
  I wouldn't take advice on decisions that are actually important from Steve Jobs, though. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Jobs#Health_issues https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Jobs#Health_issues)
- et-al 10y ago
  How many brain cycles does it take to pick out some clothes? Own 5-7 shirts, 2 pants, make sure everything matches when you buy it (or ask a friend), and mix-and-match. Or just stock up on one outfit you like, wear it all the time, and DGAF. No need for a "curated" subscription. How did we go from striving to be renaissance people to reducing ourselves to man-children who can't even pick out their clothes in morning?
joshuaheard 10y ago
Where did they get the idea, in prison?
- gnode 10y ago
  Probably from Fight Club.
mb_72 10y ago
I'm not sure, but it seems to work for every sci-fi / futuristic TV show or movie I can think of. If it helps accelerate our society to a more advanced state I will immediately commit to wearing a the same-design jumpsuit until the day I die.
- DocTomoe 10y ago
  We've already tried that, and it failed spectacularily: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mao_suit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mao_suit
  - gerikson 10y ago
    Maybe they should have waited 40 years and started selling them over the internet.
- arethuza 10y ago
  Probably more to restricted budgets than anything else. Some novels of "advanced" societies make a point of mentioning that people wear a wide variety of clothes or indeed none at all (e.g. the spectacularly advanced and hedonistic Culture - where pretty much anything goes including widely different body designs).
- beaconstudios 10y ago
  the futuristic universal-uniform shows you speak of are usually engaging in either a form of techno-utopian communism (star trek) or military fascism (starship troopers). Shows with more individualistic clothing (Babylon 5, Battlestar Galactica, Farscape) are usually more culturally contemporary (a balance of social support and capitalism). At least, that's how it seems, I'm not sure which shows you're referencing.
  - rsynnott 10y ago
    Even in Star Trek, the civilians wear fairly varied clothes. The Starfleet crew all wear the same clothes because _it's a uniform_ (except for Deanna Troi, for some reason).

jpalomaki 10y ago

Because you want to avoid making unnecessary choices. Having to decide when to order new to replace old is one extra thing that will take cycles from something more important. https://medium.com/personal-growth/why-steve-jobs-wore-the-same-outfit-every-day-f792072f7ecf https://medium.com/personal-growth/why-steve-jobs-wore-the-s...

literallycancer 10y ago
Exactly. It's minimalism at it finest.
- epicide 10y ago
  This isn't minimalism. The clothes themselves are of a minimalist art style, but the service is elitist and wasteful. If you want to only have simple clothing, that's perfectly fine. If you don't want to have to spend a lot of thought on clothing, that's awesome! I'm the same way. However, subscribing to an overpriced service that sends you clothing on a schedule is extremely wasteful. It's basically planned obsolescence in clothing form. It is just as simple to go find a few articles of clothing you really like and wear those until they are no longer wearable, then donate/sell and replace. Minimalism is about maximizing the value out of things you own while minimizing their impact on your life. This accomplishes neither.
  - literallycancer 10y ago
    >Minimalism is about maximizing the value out of things you own while minimizing their impact on your life. This accomplishes neither. That's largely a matter of personal taste. >However, subscribing to an overpriced service that sends you clothing on a schedule is extremely wasteful. High price doesn't necessarily imply wastefulness, unless you mean that you are wasting money? But that's a function of your earning potential, not only the item price. It's only wasteful if you end up with too many pieces. If you know your t-shirts last 2 years on average, and you need 12 of them, they getting a new one every 2 months is no more wasteful than any other purchasing pattern that keeps you stocked.
- adrianN 10y ago
  If by minimalism you mean to consume much more resources and generate much more waste than necessary, then yes.
kk_cz 10y ago
I wouldn't take advice on decisions that are actually important from Steve Jobs, though. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Jobs#Health_issues https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Jobs#Health_issues)
et-al 10y ago
How many brain cycles does it take to pick out some clothes? Own 5-7 shirts, 2 pants, make sure everything matches when you buy it (or ask a friend), and mix-and-match. Or just stock up on one outfit you like, wear it all the time, and DGAF. No need for a "curated" subscription. How did we go from striving to be renaissance people to reducing ourselves to man-children who can't even pick out their clothes in morning?

joshuaheard 10y ago

Where did they get the idea, in prison?

gnode 10y ago
Probably from Fight Club.

mb_72 10y ago

I'm not sure, but it seems to work for every sci-fi / futuristic TV show or movie I can think of. If it helps accelerate our society to a more advanced state I will immediately commit to wearing a the same-design jumpsuit until the day I die.

DocTomoe 10y ago
We've already tried that, and it failed spectacularily: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mao_suit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mao_suit
- gerikson 10y ago
  Maybe they should have waited 40 years and started selling them over the internet.
arethuza 10y ago
Probably more to restricted budgets than anything else. Some novels of "advanced" societies make a point of mentioning that people wear a wide variety of clothes or indeed none at all (e.g. the spectacularly advanced and hedonistic Culture - where pretty much anything goes including widely different body designs).
beaconstudios 10y ago
the futuristic universal-uniform shows you speak of are usually engaging in either a form of techno-utopian communism (star trek) or military fascism (starship troopers). Shows with more individualistic clothing (Babylon 5, Battlestar Galactica, Farscape) are usually more culturally contemporary (a balance of social support and capitalism). At least, that's how it seems, I'm not sure which shows you're referencing.
- rsynnott 10y ago
  Even in Star Trek, the civilians wear fairly varied clothes. The Starfleet crew all wear the same clothes because _it's a uniform_ (except for Deanna Troi, for some reason).