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When I bought my jeans from H&M, I would sometimes find blue dust on things I kept in my pocket. After switching to a brand that uses higher quality cotton (Nud
by vages 5y ago
When I bought my jeans from H&M, I would sometimes find blue dust on things I kept in my pocket. After switching to a brand that uses higher quality cotton (Nudie Jeans), I have never experienced this.
Durable cotton has longer fibres so that they won’t break off as easily as the short fibred varieties. I guess that is the reason why.
- hoseja 5y agoI wish there were (or I knew) a good objective quality metrics for clothing/clothing brands.
- varjag 5y agoPrice correlates greatly with basic material quality, although platoes quite soon after certain threshold.
- TchoBeer 5y agoThis from personal experience, or is there a study on it?
- Swenrekcah 5y agoI wanted to respond but couldn’t find the words. Then I read in the article [0] linked in a sibling comment: “ Now, what's important to note is that the quality and the price of an item are not always related. Some types of items are easier to manufacture and get right than others, which is why it is totally possible to find certain well-made items at affordable shops. At the same time, just because an item is very pricey, that sadly does not always mean that the manufacturer used all of that extra money to up the quality of the garment.” Edit - citing the source [0]: https://anuschkarees.com/blog/2014/05/01/how-to-assess-the-quality-of-garments-a-beginners-guide-part-i/ https://anuschkarees.com/blog/2014/05/01/how-to-assess-the-q...
- varjag 5y agoI don't think we're in disagreement. My point was that $50 pair of jeans tends to be better quality than an $10 one, although the difference with an $500 pair is not anywhere as dramatic.
- Swenrekcah 5y agoSure, but the $50 pair might just as well be worse than the $10 pair, they just spent $30/pair more on marketing to convince the buyer they’re something special. Then pocketing $10 more a pair than the cheaper but just-as-good version. Same with the $500 pair. It’s just difficult to tell if one can’t evaluate quality oneself.
- varjag 5y agoIt may be worse sure, but it more often is better. The 'correlates' part in my reply above.
- thrawn0r 5y agoHow to assess the quality of garments (2014) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20503194 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20503194
- robin_reala 5y agohttps://goodonyou.eco/ https://goodonyou.eco/ seem reasonable.
- hypertele-Xii 5y agoIt's a skill you can practise. Go to a second hand clothing store and feel the fabrics. Inspect the seams, zippers and what have you. Make mental note of brand labels. You'll develop a sense of quality. And a second hand store, specifically, because the clothes there being used reinforces the survivorship bias - bad clothes don't make it through recycling.
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- hinkley 5y agoOrganic cotton has struggled with fiber length, making the big picture view of cotton quite a bit more complicated. It's gotten better, but I had some early Patagonia organic cotton jeans that basically began to disintegrate. There are some hemp-cotton blends that are fairly soft.