The true cost of fast fashion
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Published 2018-11-29
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All Comments (21)
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So is changing your phone EVERY SINGLE YEAR!
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There is gold in thrift stores.
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And yet here i am 25 and I still have shirts from high school...
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Patagonia's business model isn't about innovation, it is actually a renaissance of how humanity used to treat their clothing. This is how we are supposed to treat our clothes.
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Minimalism. Yep. We all should practice that.
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Modern day fashion is like modern relationship. Too many choices! You get bored so fast and dispose it with no sense of responsibility.
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Throw away my clothes? Never! I still wear a pair of boots I bought at Zara in Mexico City back in 97 with my white shirt from Gap that I bought back in maybe 88 which I pair with a pair of trousers that I bought at Uniqlo just recently. Laundry with care and wear all of your wardrobe in a cycle plus buy classic pieces with a twist and they will never go out of fashion. if it has a hole I am on trend with the distressed look I wore back in my 20s.
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Shop secondhand 💛🌍 There are lots of great clothing in thrift stores. Don't be afraid to shop there!
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I used to wear cheap clothes which didn't last long.. Since the past couple of years I started shifting to expensive good quality clothing.. In the long run, I see that I am not buying much these days.. I seriously don't get the stupid continuously buying trend..
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I never understood the whole 'new closet every season' idea. I'll buy new clothes maybe a once, or a couple of times a year, and even then, it'll never be 'haul' worthy, it'll just be one or two pieces that I actually need. Clothes don't get bad THAT fast, there's really no reason to toss them after a couple of months unless you're an athlete using heavy-duty attire or something
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I like the Patagonia repair model, instead of selling products, they are shifting towards service.
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Good job Economist! worth watching this 6 mins short doc.
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Less is more for Need, More is less for Greed
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But Rent the Runway is running the world's biggest dry cleaners which can't be good for the environment. So the solution is always to buy less, buy better
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We need more companies like this in this world
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Now i can feel good about wearing same 3 shirts in all year long
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I have worn the same 5 pairs of Jean's since I graduated 13 years ago. How can people afford new clothes with such a high cost of living? I work fulltime and make good money.
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Same goes for cars and other electronics like phones and televisions. I think that the world just has enough of it for now and will need more in a longish while. However, the companies, business models, advertisers, factory workers, etc. need everyone to continue buying every short while. Not really sustainable in my opinion but it seems they're making it work.
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3:56 "helping to tackle an increasing throw-away culture" And what do we see in the fashion blogger's hand? A single-use plastic coffee cup.
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I rather buy a classic piece that costs $500 that will last a long time and it’s high quality than all these garbage clothing from Forever 21...
