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Not so sure about that. First, this will revive the second-hand market, which is where you got clothes for cheap in the past. Second, The absolute price for a
by riidom 5y ago
Not so sure about that.
First, this will revive the second-hand market, which is where you got clothes for cheap in the past.
Second, The absolute price for a clothing item is not really relevant without considering its lifespan.
A metric of sorts "square meter of fabric per year" per capita would be more useful, and the super cheap clothes don't look good at all here. Even poor people will not wear a super cheap shirt for years, when other people throw it away after 2 weeks.
- viraptor 5y ago> Second, The absolute price for a clothing item is not really relevant without considering its lifespan. With the exception of children's clothes. These unfortunately get hit with all issues: 1. Kids are more active and will stain/tear them more often than adults. 2. They grow out quickly, limiting initial lifespan. 3. Due to point 1, it's hard to resell things past the baby stage.
- Y-bar 5y agoA significant portion of kids inherit clothes from their older siblings when I grew up, and I still see it happening today. If clothes are more durable more items will survive to be inherited or re-sold. Also, second-hand markets here are already large and could become even larger. Searching for "used kids clothes" on Ebay shows 350k results.
- viraptor 5y agoI agree and should've phrased it better - there's a second hand market, but it would be significantly larger since the kids clothes get more damaged than adult.
- xxs 5y agoThe best part is giving them away to friends and family, if they have kids few years younger it tends to work well for the higher quality clothes. Higher quality materials (and seams) does help preserving them too.