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I refuse to fault fast fashion for these issues when the amount of trash free t-shirts given away for free at any conference could probably build a mountain on

I refuse to fault fast fashion for these issues when the amount of trash free t-shirts given away for free at any conference could probably build a mountain on its own.

nobodyandproud 5y ago
A lot of horrible shirts. Yet one of my favorite t shirts was a black Linux-distro shirt from the mid(?) 1990s with a cool, flaring sun (Caldera?). I only stopped wearing it when it was so worn out that it ripped in the washer, in the early 2000s.
treeman79 5y ago
Was working at a startup and walked past a homeless person wearing our company shirt. Person wore it every day for many weeks on the same bench. Only homeless bench on that street. So we had exclusive homeless advertising.
TaylorAlexander 5y ago
The volume of clothes produced and discarded by fast fashion far outweighs whatever is given away at conferences.
jetrink 5y ago
Those are the opposite of fast fashion, being both completely unfashionable and oddly long-lived. I have event t-shirts that are almost old enough to vote. And then of course, they have a long afterlife, first as painting shirts and finally as cleaning rags.
- pueblito 5y ago
  I’m presently wearing a shirt I got at COMDEX
- mint2 5y ago
  Many people don’t use or like conference shirts. Your mileage may vary.
tjr225 5y ago
Always thought it would be funny to create an "app" that funneled unwanted swag back to the homeless/people who need clothes.