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One man's trash is another man's treasure. They will be able to sell them for pennies on the dollar so that some fraction of them can be resold for cheap in Af
by tjwebbnorfolk 8mo ago
One man's trash is another man's treasure.
They will be able to sell them for pennies on the dollar so that some fraction of them can be resold for cheap in Africa or somewhere else poor. Those companies can then dispose of them however they wish.
The reseller makes a small profit, and the original moanufacturer gets the PR of "clothing the poor" or whatever.
And, as usual, EU regulations achieve absolutely nothing -- if anything, this is worse than nothing.
- jen20 8mo agoBoth of those situations sound like a net win.
- Loughla 8mo agoIsn't it a thing that poor countries can't get their own textile and clothing companies going because of donations or cheap used clothes? I'm fairly certain that's a thing.
- johnnyanmac 8mo agoThere seems to be 3-4 other issues colluding with that. If customers prefer or can't afford new domestic clothes, then it would make it hard for a business to succeed.
- epolanski 8mo ago1. Modern clothing is terrible, plastic filled, hardly resists multiple washings. This isn't the 1990s/2000s anymore where you could buy mid budged solid apparel and keep it forever. The gold existed, up to pre COVID. But since then and the rapid spread of fast fashion collecting cloth wastes is a bad business. 2. The market for vintage quality clothing is super strong and booming. You don't need to export it. 3. No fashion brand wants to be anywhere near associated to clothing the poor. It's a pr disaster.
- BoredomIsFun 8mo ago> Modern clothing is terrible, plastic filled, hardly resists multiple washings. This isn't the 1990s/2000s anymore where you could buy mid budged solid apparel and keep it forever. The gold existed, up to pre COVID. But since then and the rapid spread of fast fashion collecting cloth wastes is a bad business. Hard disagree. Live in Central Asia, buy locally produced relatively cheap clothes and they have been lasting years so far.
- epolanski 8mo agoYou're not really describing fast fashion, aren't you?
- BoredomIsFun 8mo agoNo I am describing "modern closing", as in GP post.
- red-iron-pine 8mo agomodern clothing that is not made in the EU -- which is mostly fast-fashion. and the ones usually making it outside of the EU are tied to large European corps. "I eat apples grown down the street, so EU apple law is bad"
- lan321 8mo ago1. You can buy a cotton tshirt from LIDL for 3 bucks and it'll hold for years. It won't be cut perfectly or have the softest material but it's definitely not bad. Of course, if I get it from Temu for 6 cents it'll probably fall apart in a week, but modern clothing isn't really covered by "the cheapest thing I can find". Same for ultralight fabrics, that, while lovely in summer, usually get trashed in a season or two simply because the thing weighs fuck all. I'd even say we're in a golden age for clothing. I can get a motorcycle jacket that can slide at 80kmh for 40 bucks with shoulder and elbow protectors and a thermo layer insert.
- singpolyma3 8mo agoHow is achieving the exact goal worse than nothing?
- jpfromlondon 8mo agoa firm isn't going to sell them to reseller in the third world as it will cause brand dilution, additionally current customer base will feel shortchanged and shop elsewhere. Much more likely is as the op said: selling to a company that will dispose of the stock.