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> Patagonia will continue to contribute to fast-fashion... OK, this is just wrong. "Fast fashion" has a meaning -- it's about duplicating high fashion or cele
by mturmon 4y ago
> Patagonia will continue to contribute to fast-fashion...
OK, this is just wrong.
"Fast fashion" has a meaning -- it's about duplicating high fashion or celebrity fashion cheaply and quickly and mass-marketing it with a lot of turnover.
That's not what Patagonia is doing, either by its actions or by its advertising. They have sold a line of fleeces, baggy surf shorts, and rain shells for decades now. The designs improve and refine and slowly morph, but they are largely the same.
I still wear a Patagonia purple ultralight rain shell that I bought in the 1990s. It's very similar to [https://www.patagonia.com/product/mens-houdini-windbreaker-jacket/24142.html?dwvar_24142_color=WAVB&cgid=mens-jackets-vests-lightweight https://www.patagonia.com/product/mens-houdini-windbreaker-j...].
These items have long life (both as durable clothing articles, and as purchasable items in the catalog) and aren't really mimicking runway/celebrity trends at all. They are the opposite of fast fashion, along several axes. A significant part of their website is devoted to promoting older clothes, and selling used clothes, e.g. https://www.patagonia.com/stories/worn-wear/ https://www.patagonia.com/stories/worn-wear/, and https://www.patagonia.com/stories/dont-buy-this-jacket-black-friday-and-the-new-york-times/story-18615.html https://www.patagonia.com/stories/dont-buy-this-jacket-black... .
- pphysch 4y agoThanks, I did not know fast-fashion referred specifically to runway fashion, which Patagonia is not AFAIK. I corrected my comment.