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I find this article and it's premise interesting, mainly because quality actually isn't my primary metric when buying clothes. I'm a raving fan of Uniqlo. I lo
by kaishiro 7y ago
I find this article and it's premise interesting, mainly because quality actually isn't my primary metric when buying clothes.
I'm a raving fan of Uniqlo. I love that they offer simple, unbranded merchandise and that they're conveniently situated in most of the major cities that I frequent.
I split my time between the US and Australia - and a few other places in between - and the most important thing for me is replaceability. I try not to check bags, so like to have a tight carry on setup. If I find a shirt, pants, jacket, that I like - I want to know that I can easily replace it if needed while on the road. This means almost my entire wardrobe, top to bottom, is Uniqlo.
I sometimes wonder if I'm part of the problem when it comes to being a disposable culture - I almost certainly am - but the convenience for me is too great to give up.
- yjftsjthsd-h 7y agoThe funny thing is that I mostly care about quality in the name of longevity. It's interesting that we want the same (?) thing for opposite reasons.
- jesterson 7y agoUniqlo has strange quality difference between countries. Uniqlo in any Japan city can boast decent quality items for reasonable prices, but if we take Singapore for example, most items are much lower quality for exorbitant price.
- ValentineC 7y agoI wonder if they practise binning, the same way the chip and hard disk makers do. I'm a Singapore resident and have bought Uniqlo from many countries, and I personally think it might be more of the material and the product line. Their jeans (even the selvage ones) and socks tend to blow out pretty quickly, but their linen clothes and Airism products are good.