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i’d rather buy a small number of high quality, versatile items i love, than buy lots of cheap stuff i don’t really like to wear. this plus being able to wear w

i’d rather buy a small number of high quality, versatile items i love, than buy lots of cheap stuff i don’t really like to wear. this plus being able to wear whatever i want to work makes my decisions simpler so i can spend time on other things.

mieseratte 9y ago
> i’d rather buy a small number of high quality See, something I've noticed too is that "high price / high quality" brands seem to not be so anymore. Recently I bought a handful of Carhartt pants, pricey-but-quality, or so it used to be yet the quality seems to have been driven downhill and all those pants quickly fell apart in various ways. I've found the $20-$30 lesser-known brands ended up being of higher quality, oddly. It seems the "premium" brands have taken to abusing their name's mark of quality by removing that quality in favor or cheap materials and temporary higher profits.
- JoeAltmaier 9y ago
  All blue jeans for instance are made in the same factory in Korea. All of them.
  - cr1895 9y ago
    Except for, you know, all of them that are made in the US, Japan, Italy, etc.
    - JoeAltmaier 9y ago
      The tiny, tiny fraction of boutique jeans, yes.
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  - kimdcmason 9y ago
    The blue jeans I'm wearing made in Lesotho disagree with you.
  - jpindar 9y ago
    Then why did they put "HECHO EN MEXICO" on the label of the ones I'm wearing right now?
- meagher 9y ago
  i agree high price brands are often not worth it. i meant high quality independent of price. lots of brands let you “try before you buy” nowadays. if i’m shopping for a new t-shirt, i’ll get a bunch of them and return what i wouldn’t want to wear every day. (i’ll return all of them if i have to!)
- twothamendment 9y ago
  Some things are worth the money, the hard part is finding out which ones. My Zamberlan boots were nearly $300 are 5 years old. Other than some scuffs they are in great shape. I'll have these for many more years. Carhartt let me down. I'll never touch them again. It only took a month or so for a hole to form in the pants, the cargo pocket is tearing a hole in the leg. My wallet isn't that heavy. So much for tough pants than can stand up to real work. I've since tried some from 5.11 and they are holding up to abuse the Carhartts didn't live long enough to see.
ebiester 9y ago
So, I think about this but it just doesn't make sense. 1. Most people outside the bay need seasonal clothing. Winter is different than summer. 2. Unless you're running your washer half full, you'll need more than 10 shirts. 3. Then there's occasional wear. At this point, you're looking at a reasonably full closet, no?

mieseratte 9y ago

> i’d rather buy a small number of high quality See, something I've noticed too is that "high price / high quality" brands seem to not be so anymore. Recently I bought a handful of Carhartt pants, pricey-but-quality, or so it used to be yet the quality seems to have been driven downhill and all those pants quickly fell apart in various ways. I've found the $20-$30 lesser-known brands ended up being of higher quality, oddly. It seems the "premium" brands have taken to abusing their name's mark of quality by removing that quality in favor or cheap materials and temporary higher profits.

JoeAltmaier 9y ago
All blue jeans for instance are made in the same factory in Korea. All of them.
- cr1895 9y ago
  Except for, you know, all of them that are made in the US, Japan, Italy, etc.
  - JoeAltmaier 9y ago
    The tiny, tiny fraction of boutique jeans, yes.
    - deleted 9y ago
      [deleted]
- kimdcmason 9y ago
  The blue jeans I'm wearing made in Lesotho disagree with you.
- jpindar 9y ago
  Then why did they put "HECHO EN MEXICO" on the label of the ones I'm wearing right now?
meagher 9y ago
i agree high price brands are often not worth it. i meant high quality independent of price. lots of brands let you “try before you buy” nowadays. if i’m shopping for a new t-shirt, i’ll get a bunch of them and return what i wouldn’t want to wear every day. (i’ll return all of them if i have to!)
twothamendment 9y ago
Some things are worth the money, the hard part is finding out which ones. My Zamberlan boots were nearly $300 are 5 years old. Other than some scuffs they are in great shape. I'll have these for many more years. Carhartt let me down. I'll never touch them again. It only took a month or so for a hole to form in the pants, the cargo pocket is tearing a hole in the leg. My wallet isn't that heavy. So much for tough pants than can stand up to real work. I've since tried some from 5.11 and they are holding up to abuse the Carhartts didn't live long enough to see.

ebiester 9y ago

So, I think about this but it just doesn't make sense. 1. Most people outside the bay need seasonal clothing. Winter is different than summer. 2. Unless you're running your washer half full, you'll need more than 10 shirts. 3. Then there's occasional wear. At this point, you're looking at a reasonably full closet, no?