Any time someone tries to blame consumers for climate change, you can gesture vaguely at the piles of trash created by corporations and the bourgeois. Even if thousands of people have a carbon footprint taking carbon out of the atmosphere, all that work is destroyed when Kylie Jenner decides to throw out four tons of plastic shirts from her private jet. Or when H&M pour gasoline on enough fabric to cover the Eiffel Tower and light it on fire.
“A dress designed to be worn just once or twice before being thrown away could pose a threat to rare birds and marine turtles in these protected wetlands for decades to come, while also harming people’s livelihoods.
“And with the majority of these garments made of plastic fibres, our throwaway clothes are adding to the plastic pollution choking our oceans.
I don’t understand fashion. Are the types of people who wear a dress once the same people who buy clothes made from plastic fibers? I figured they would buy clothes that are like 100% silk or something.
Lol no those days are long over. Now everyone can afford clothing designed to be worn just once or twice and made from plastic.
And the worst part is, even though it started with “fast fashion” brands like Shein, now every brand has low quality plastic clothes. You can pay more if you want, but you’re getting polyester.
And let’s say you take out a second mortgage and spring for real silk, wool, cotton, or linen, you’re still going to get shitty quality construction.
I’ve heard the average length of the individual fibers even in ‘good’ fabric is also often shorter than they used to be, so even with good construction, the fabric itself wears out sooner. As long as clothing is so unregulated, it’s a race to the bottom.
This is just not true, I have reasonably priced cotton and linen clothing. Some is newer but some is 5+ years old and looks fine after almost 100 wears. I’m looking at it in my closet right now.
Cool.
Agreed. I think it’s so weird, because I have stuff from Zara or H&M that is over 10 years old, and while a bit battered, it still looks decent. It’s not well made by any means, but it will not fall apart after wearing it 3 times either.
From what I understand, the fast-fashion model of operating is ‘sell cheap, sell often’. The brands mentioned are pretty low quality, pretty low cost.
