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>Clothing was something you bought for 'durability'. It was expensive and unfashionable. That's the one thing I don't think is a real improvement. Fast fashion
by ginko 7y ago
>Clothing was something you bought for 'durability'. It was expensive and unfashionable.
That's the one thing I don't think is a real improvement. Fast fashion is wasteful and has lead to actually quality clothing being really hard to find. There's this old fruit of the loom t shirt I have that will probably survive all my current ones.
- GordonS 7y agoThis is a good point. Growing up, we seldom bought new clothes - they'd have to be literally falling apart before we got new ones. Largely I suppose because clothing was so much more expensive, but also, I think, because we had much more of a "utility" view towards it, rather than the "fashion" view that is much more prevelant today. In the UK, I recently saw a TV advertisement encouraging people to not be so wasteful with their clothing, and to wash it less frequently so it lasts longer and we use less resources. I thought this was interesting to see, and I was reminded of some friends who spend hundreds of dollars on clothing every single month.
- nsm 7y agoBack then there was no "fast fashion" because very few could afford to go through lots of clothes. Fast fashion and quality probably don't go together, but the quality of more expensive clothing has become ridiculously good. $20-30 t-shirts last >5 years and "outdoors" clothing is so much better than anything even 10 years ago.