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I was biased by a visit to the Patagonia store in Seattle, their corporate activism [0], and the fact that they still sell cotton shirts (my usual source, thrif
by meristohm 3y ago
I was biased by a visit to the Patagonia store in Seattle, their corporate activism [0], and the fact that they still sell cotton shirts (my usual source, thrift stores, seem to mostly have various forms of petroleum-derived materials, and I get that a portion of the elements in the cotton trace back to petroleum). I bought several online, whatever were on clearance that were also 100% cotton. The collar is a little loose, but otherwise the shirts feel nice and I like the idea, at least, that I could bring them in for repairs.
[0] "Chouinard, 83, worked with his wife and two children as well as teams of company lawyers to create a structure that will allow Patagonia to continue to operate as a for-profit company whose proceeds will go to benefit environmental efforts."
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/sep/14/patagonias-billionaire-owner-gives-away-company-to-fight-climate-crisis-yvon-chouinard https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/sep/14/patagonias-b...
- mitchbob 3y agoA big plus for Patagonia cotton clothes is that they're made exclusively from organic cotton. [1] Conventional cotton farming uses an enormous amount of pesticides. [2] And most of their clothes last a long time, long enough to more than make up for the higher initial price. [1] https://www.patagonia.com/our-footprint/organic-cotton.html https://www.patagonia.com/our-footprint/organic-cotton.html [2] https://www.moderndane.com/blogs/the-modern-dane-blog/why-cotton-is-called-the-worlds-dirtiest-crop https://www.moderndane.com/blogs/the-modern-dane-blog/why-co...