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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

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?

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?