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Nearly everyone wears cotton or synthetics, no one "needs" wool the same way you don't need the unique light a whale oil lamp gives. These are, again, vanities
by drzaiusapelord 6y ago
Nearly everyone wears cotton or synthetics, no one "needs" wool the same way you don't need the unique light a whale oil lamp gives. These are, again, vanities for the vain at the cost of animal suffering. Wool is also very expensive and the environmental cost of raising all these animals outweighs the biodegradable benefits.
Except in reality, leather is more or less a fast fashion item that comes and goes. People buy them and toss them as their fashion tastes dictate, again, its not the 17th century. Its very rare to have a leather coat you wear daily for decades. Even in poorer countries is expensive to get and treated mostly like a vanity item. Alternative fabrics and materials work just as well and they both end up in a landfill after a few years anyway. Also the leather industry is abusive and exploitative towards workers and exposes some of the most vulnerable people to carcinogens and poisons needed to "work" leather. Is your vanity item worth all this suffering?
- pmlnr 6y ago> at the cost of animal suffering Go to a sheep farm, and watch the sheering. That PETA campaign was complete bs; most sheep actually await and enjoy being free from their fluff. EDIT: too many replacements are plastic, which is adding to the accumulation of plastic garbage.
- soyftware 6y agohttps://www.peta.org/living/personal-care-fashion/whats-wrong-wool/ https://www.peta.org/living/personal-care-fashion/whats-wron... This? You could also watch Dominion where the sheep section at 1 hour 11 minutes does not show happy sheep waiting to be sheered.
- Cthulhu_ 6y agoCotton and synthetics are part of people's wardrobe (a big part), but for specific, specialized purposes and items the animal based things are still the best option. My mum knitted me a hat and scarf out of wool (mixed with synthetics because 100% sheep wool is not ideal), it's great. My hiking boots are made mainly out of leather, synthetics are no alternative. My day to day ones are synthetic though. Good quality leather products are expensive; your statement on them being "fast fashion" is only relevant if you're rich, or if it's shit fake leather. Also, good quality synthetics as a replacement for animal products, the 'outdoor' stuff, is prohibitively expensive - moreso than an equivalent animal product.
- harimau777 6y agoThat may be true for you but it's not true for everyone. There is literally a saying in the hiking community "cotton kills" due to the danger of getting hypothermia from getting wet while wearing cotton. Not everyone who wears a leather jacket it looking for fast fashion junk that will be thrown away in a few years. There are a lot of people who take a "buy it for life" approach to their clothing.