How can Prada preach keep for life, or until it wears out, and then feature those ridiculous, non-functional rain hats?
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Gee a so much for ‘sustainability’ why every line requires 50 looks is beyond me! Design Less - Design Better...
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and way too much coverage of fashion in the Times!
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@mark there can never be too much coverage its fashion month..
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I love turtlenecks. I'll wear my collection of them forever.
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Consumers, prompted by advertising, believe their social, romantic, or professional lives will improve, in new clothes. Repairing an old classic from one's closet, just doesn't provide the same serotonin hit. But attitudes change: fast fashion patronage these days feels less like a fun indulgence, than a venial sin of despair, with ugly externalities.
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I love fashion, but if I never by one more article of clothing again. I think I'll be good. I'd rather live.
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Ah I see. Everything is “too much” now that the designers are millionaires...
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Who cares! Don't you think by now that people would realize that there are more important things in the world to focus on then what we are wearing? I don't want to hear about how it is a trillion dollar industry, for who? Exactly? The store clerks earning ten dollars an hour, the folks who actually sew the clothes earning coins a day. Besides, the look of these clothes could be had at a fraction of the cost by just going to the thrift stores.
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@DemonWarZ. Did you read the article? I think you're missing the point. This is about the impact of disposable fashion on the environment. You say, "Who cares!" Umm, we should all care.
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Can we foresee the day when we use local tailors and seamstresses again? Pay them very well, and use fewer clothes? Its $2.5 trillion market, clothes and etc. yet most people working in the industry are poor, very poor. Flatten it with openware design? Or what about automated sewing machines akin to 3D printers? The opportunity for sustainably minded consumers to change the industry is fantastic.
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@Marc de Sousa When sewing becomes fully or near automated, you will see a return to the neighborhood seamstress. Especially once the equipment becomes dry-cleaners cheap.
I buy a number of my clothing from Eshakti. A seamstress myself, I am impressed with their quality. Pockets are standard if the cut allows, you can customize neck, length and sleeves to suit. Even the little details, like bra strap holders. And you can make to measure. The quality for the price is excellent, and they tuck a card in with the name of the seamstress.
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