This is awesome, well done!
Tracking Everything I Wore For 1 Year
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#62Earlier quoted context omitted.
Sometimes I wonder if people notice that I wear the same 4-5 shirts over and over every week. All of my long sleeve shirts were bought I think from Sears back before their fall, so my cost-per-wear has to be astronomically low by now.
Unless clothes are dirty or you smell bad, people really don't care about your clothes, you're not the center of the world.
Agree when we are talking about random people on the streets and fleeting encounters. But, for example, I would not go to an interview in sweatpants and flip-flops. There are also social situations where I expect my counterparts to be dressed with more care. It is not necessarily the right way to treat people but I've witnessed several times someone being judged in professional situations for very wrinkled, old threadbare t-shirts, as an example.
Mine is a European perspective.
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#63> Current Wardrobe Value: $3,907.65 I don't have any friends (and I'm happy with this), so I have no reference: do people normally really spend this much on clothing!? My entire wardrobe is worth around $150, and that's 70% socks.
If there is a proper winter where someone lives, $150 would barely be enough for a proper winter jacket, no shoes.
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#64This is peak HN; I am enjoying it. People boasting about how ones garderobe is more shitty and cheaper than the others. Next topic: why does no one wants to date me?
Clothing is not only functional, it can also help your appearance. Looking good does wonders for your mood. Sex appeal and all that. Unfortunately, aesthetics is positively correlated with price. I wish it wasn´t true. I can easily spot your outfit was cheaply made. I am talking about casual wear.
Premium labels really go the extra mile. Fast, cheap fashion cuts lots of corners.
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#65Earlier quoted context omitted.
> If you care about ethical production it's difficult to spend less. Is it a requirement of ethical production that clothes don't last and must be regularly replaced??
Clearly not, that's such an uncharitable read of what I'm saying that it doesn't feel worth responding to.
It is highly ethical to buy used clothes, wear them for multiple years and then return them to the flow as the OP suggested. It is morally dubious to fund greenification projects that pretend there is environmentally friendly cotton that is very expensive, etc.
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#66This is peak HN; I am enjoying it. People boasting about how ones garderobe is more shitty and cheaper than the others. Next topic: why does no one wants to date me? Clothing is not only functional, it can also help your appearance. Looking good does wonders for your mood. Sex appeal and all that. Unfortunately, aesthetics is positively correlated with price. I wish it wasn´t true. I can easily spot your outfit was c…
> Premium labels really go the extra mile.
Depends on the label, you generally have to go really premium to genuinely get something either well made or particularly interesting.
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#67Earlier quoted context omitted.
Unless clothes are dirty or you smell bad, people really don't care about your clothes, you're not the center of the world.
Agree when we are talking about random people on the streets and fleeting encounters. But, for example, I would not go to an interview in sweatpants and flip-flops. There are also social situations where I expect my counterparts to be dressed with more care. It is not necessarily the right way to treat people but I've witnessed several times someone being judged in professional situations for very wrinkled, old threa…
This is absolutely true. Even then, if you only need it for those occasions then that takes up a very small part of the wardrobe. A single outfit of formal wear and a small selection of normal wear is what my closet looks like, would imagine most people in the world have wardrobes like that due to the expense of clothing. I do like wearing it when I have the chance, though.
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#68> Current Wardrobe Value: $3,907.65 I don't have any friends (and I'm happy with this), so I have no reference: do people normally really spend this much on clothing!? My entire wardrobe is worth around $150, and that's 70% socks.
I probably have more than that in shoes alone.
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#69This is peak HN; I am enjoying it. People boasting about how ones garderobe is more shitty and cheaper than the others. Next topic: why does no one wants to date me? Clothing is not only functional, it can also help your appearance. Looking good does wonders for your mood. Sex appeal and all that. Unfortunately, aesthetics is positively correlated with price. I wish it wasn´t true. I can easily spot your outfit was c…
I dapple in the clothes industry and sometimes it feels like people get really turned off if their clothes are not made by literal slaves. Not all expensive brands are ethical but the few dollar t-shirts etc are never. Drift it or pay for the real costs involved. If we don’t fix the idea about what basic necessities like clothes should cost the planet and people living on it are toast.
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#70This is peak HN; I am enjoying it. People boasting about how ones garderobe is more shitty and cheaper than the others. Next topic: why does no one wants to date me? Clothing is not only functional, it can also help your appearance. Looking good does wonders for your mood. Sex appeal and all that. Unfortunately, aesthetics is positively correlated with price. I wish it wasn´t true. I can easily spot your outfit was c…
> aesthetics is positively correlated with price. I wish it wasn´t true.
I guess it depends on the taste. I would say the opposite is true (perhaps excluding the most cheap things you can find, but not necessarily).
Of course more expensive stuff will likely last longer and in many cases will be more practical.