Glad to learn more about polyester! Still slightly concerned with health and environmental effects, but Uniqlo largely changed my life and enabled me as a minim

Glad to learn more about polyester! Still slightly concerned with health and environmental effects, but Uniqlo largely changed my life and enabled me as a minimalistic nomad — 10 sets of base layers are almost ridiculously light and low-volume, and they last years with minor stretching and no discoloration or mechanical wear. So much so that when Uniqlo switched sports socks to mostly cotton, I started buying 60~100%-polyester ones from other brands (Miniso or more expensive athletic marquees). Aside from extreme packability and lifetime, they are all water-repellant and dry extremely fast. Accidentally pouring a drink all over myself results in very low absorption into the fabrics followed by complete evaporation within minutes. Edit: I’ll add that I hope Uniqlo expands its recently piloted (in NYC) repair program to all of its stores globally (following in the steps of Patagonia). The latest generation of edgy iPhones make pockets on my shorts and pants fail ahead of time and it’s a trivial repair.