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I hope fast-fashion and reliance on synthetics goes rapidly out of fashion or gets taxed. Let's go back to clothes that were built to last and could be reused

by mc32 5y ago

I hope fast-fashion and reliance on synthetics goes rapidly out of fashion or gets taxed. Let's go back to clothes that were built to last and could be reused for other purposed once their useful life was over. Put on end to needless visual-effectual destruction of perfectly good clothes ("acid washing", slits and artificial wear, etc., which reduce garment life.) and also return to natural fibers except for where synthetics perform better (like for extreme weather like rain, sleet, and freezing conditions as well as sports) but for every day wear, reusable fibers would be better. Slow down the cycle.

quantified 5y ago
Hey, more careful drying makes a big difference. That dryer lint is your clothing disappearing. The next genearation or two will need to be increasingly conscious of resource-preserving behaviors. It doesn’t matter if a couple of people reduce their consumption. It matters if most do.
rsj_hn 5y ago
I am still confused about what "fast fashion" actually is. Does it mean "cheap clothes that wear out quickly"? Clothes that are made quickly? How does it differ from normal fashion?
- MandieD 5y ago
  Describes the whole cycle: faster from design to production, then from production to distribution and sale, and finally, from use to disposal, because the materials and construction are not designed for durability, and the styles are optimized to capture very current trends (example: those silly-looking women’s shirts with long sleeves but holes over the shoulders)
  - rsj_hn 5y ago
    Ahh. So like "disposable fashion"
    - MandieD 5y ago
      Pretty much. It’s worked its way up the food chain into formerly mid-range ladies’ brands also being flimsy, trendy stuff that looks like crap within a year because it washes poorly, is very dated, or both. It’s nearly impossible to find a plain, well-made, machine-washable solid-colored ladies’ cut t-shirt, even before all the Covid disruptions.
- Arnt 5y ago
  The meaning varies. There's no ISO team that checks whether your practice conforms with a standard meaning. A chain where I occasionally buy things replaces its inventory every three weeks (I've heard, and my experience doesn't contradict it). The designers are fast, basically they throw shit on the wall. New models of shirts arrive every week, which is fast. If something doesn't sell, they start discounting very fast. This is all so fast that by the time they can see whether something is a success, production has stopped. But they design and make a variety of new models like it, and get those to the shops fast. They design, make and sell summer clothes during the summer, which is fast. Other chains also speed up some other things, such as working time per seam sewn. Many fans throw away clothes quickly, or at least so I've heard, but I've never heard that from fans, only from disapproving detractors.

by mc32 5y ago

quantified 5y ago

Hey, more careful drying makes a big difference. That dryer lint is your clothing disappearing. The next genearation or two will need to be increasingly conscious of resource-preserving behaviors. It doesn’t matter if a couple of people reduce their consumption. It matters if most do.

rsj_hn 5y ago

I am still confused about what "fast fashion" actually is. Does it mean "cheap clothes that wear out quickly"? Clothes that are made quickly? How does it differ from normal fashion?

MandieD 5y ago
Describes the whole cycle: faster from design to production, then from production to distribution and sale, and finally, from use to disposal, because the materials and construction are not designed for durability, and the styles are optimized to capture very current trends (example: those silly-looking women’s shirts with long sleeves but holes over the shoulders)
- rsj_hn 5y ago
  Ahh. So like "disposable fashion"
  - MandieD 5y ago
    Pretty much. It’s worked its way up the food chain into formerly mid-range ladies’ brands also being flimsy, trendy stuff that looks like crap within a year because it washes poorly, is very dated, or both. It’s nearly impossible to find a plain, well-made, machine-washable solid-colored ladies’ cut t-shirt, even before all the Covid disruptions.
Arnt 5y ago
The meaning varies. There's no ISO team that checks whether your practice conforms with a standard meaning. A chain where I occasionally buy things replaces its inventory every three weeks (I've heard, and my experience doesn't contradict it). The designers are fast, basically they throw shit on the wall. New models of shirts arrive every week, which is fast. If something doesn't sell, they start discounting very fast. This is all so fast that by the time they can see whether something is a success, production has stopped. But they design and make a variety of new models like it, and get those to the shops fast. They design, make and sell summer clothes during the summer, which is fast. Other chains also speed up some other things, such as working time per seam sewn. Many fans throw away clothes quickly, or at least so I've heard, but I've never heard that from fans, only from disapproving detractors.