My Clothes Tell A Story of Greed

I take a look at where some of my clothes come from, explore the fast-fashion phenomenon of brands like Zara, H&M, & Boohoo, see what happened to Levis, think about NAFTA, and dive into the ethics of globalization and supply chains.
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[@ThenNow]

In the last video, I argued that a response to the shallowness of Consumerism is to explore our consumer habits in depth. In this quick follow-up, I try to practice what I preach and connect the abstract of theory and philosophy to the concrete of real everyday life. Let me know what you think! And, if you missed it, you can catch up on 'Our Consumer Society' here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rZ6noIiXactghK8

[@manevonweimar6201]

No hate here but was it necessary to buy the black shirt and wtv to make a point?

[@solgato5186]

I like your encouragement to respond to effects with methodical exploration of potential causes. It's not always intuitive to dive into the details in the face of doom but it is living well in the face of doom.

[@squarerootof2]

"I try to practice what I preach", sure man, sure.

[@OjoRojo40]

Your clothes tell the story of Capitalism.

[@kennethjose7159]

*perverted Capitalism

[@Fragenzeichenplatte]

Why not both?

[@organicod2438]

@@Fragenzeichenplatte I think he's trying to establish a synonymous relationship.

[@laynecinder661]

🤍

[@1436am]

Capitalism may allow for excess but we are the one who indulge it.

[@nancyanson8255]

I am a sewist, and follow many other sewists on line. We are as a group in despair at the waste of cheap clothing, and the habits of people buying "one of every color t-shirt at Walmart". It has put the textile artists in many countries out of business. There is an underground movement in the sewist community to sew without waste -- with the thought to curate a thoughtful wardrobe that doesn't contribute to the land fills.

[@pewter_wiz]

And this isn't all consumer-driven either: capitalism has driven companies to seek profit, not quality. Clothes that last, are customers that don't buy more; planned obsolescence and cheapened materials have robbed us of clothes that last. I don't assume to speak for others but I personally would be happy wearing a few built-to-last sets of pants, shirts, and sweaters. Instead every pair of jeans I can afford tear after less than a year of use. Personal accountability does certainly play a role but it's not the whole picture.

[@CoffeePlease.]

Absolutely! Built in obsolescence is a strong arm of capitalism.

[@grmpEqweer]

Work pants are super unfashionable, but the good brands do last for many years.

[@finneganlindsay]

"Profit, not quality". You think people are going to buy your shit if it's low-grade? The whole reason people buy designer clothes is precisely because it is seen as "Quality". Well, the thing is, that is still a good point. Once the companies have sucked the public into blindly highly esteeming such items, THEN it can be said that they pull the switch and suddenly Apple phones last only a year. Ok, it's settled, it's all the greedy corporations' fault! No, it's not over. The public is still to blame. We now CHOOSE to hold such abstractions as Name-Brading to determine the "Quality" of such an object; rather than an actual investigation into the "Real" "Qualities" of hardware, etc. And what confuses me most about all the Singular blame of "Capitalism" is in this quasi-ethical sense that it is made out to be. "Profit over quality; They don't care about Us". A company that truly did not "Care" (In the broad sense; aka diminishing the "Quality") about the consumer would make absolutely no "Profit". Yet the sense it is being used in is in more of the fact of "Putting-authenticity-into-the-product"(for lack of a better term). Of course, e.g a mother will put great individual care into a sweater for her children, but do we really expect mass distributive companies to do the same? No, we have to embrace the fact that companies will absolutely provide products such as Sweaters FOR PROFIT; But this supposed "Capitalism" would not function if the "Quality" was disregarded solely for "Profit". There are problems, but maybe a supposed solution would be to further intertwine the "Profit" vs "Quality" dichotomy, whereas Consumers have more say than they currently do.

[@grmpEqweer]

@@finneganlindsay That rather nonsensical rant is being blocked by the censor bot. 🤖

[@finneganlindsay]

@@grmpEqweer I provided a perfectly reasonable counter-argument that could help more narrowly define terms that future Leftists could use, instead of the current echo chamber of anticapitalist sentiments. Why do you feel I should be censored? If you're too braindead to understand what I said, there are three levels: 1. Yes, fault can be assigned to "Corporations" 2. "Corporations" do not work in a vacuum. The consumer plays a card in the game as well. 3. Leftists have an overly romantic sentiment concerning the role of mass distributors. No, the manager of the clothing company is not going to "Care" (In the narrower sense of the term) about a random consumer. They would not go out of their way to "Hand-craft" an item for someone who they do not personally know. Similarly, when someons tells me someone in New York died in a car crash, I will not "Care" (In the narrower sense of the term) about them as I will if it was my friend. Yes, companies SHOULD see consumers as blank robots. The consumer should thus reciprocate this kind of impersonalness to the company. Yet this is not really possible because of points 1. and 2.

[@bonniegaither3994]

It’s funny, you hear stories about children growing up during the depression. They (the girls) felt RICH if their mom was able to sew two dresses for them for school. Now, we lose our minds if we have to wear the same thing twice in one month.

[@jacobjb]

I wear the same 4 outfits again and again throughout the month. I don't see why I need anything else. I just wash them all at the end of the week and repeat the cycle of wearing each one two days in a row. I just don't care enough.

[@princessmanitari4993]

@@jacobjb i do care, i just cycle through 2 pants and like 10 shirts in the month.

[@gray3589]

Me still wearing my ragged boxers and no other clothes. Cheers for village life.

[@koffing2073]

nothing to do with logic, human interactions are all about social status in the monkey group

[@chronorust3359]

@@jacobjb Yeah I literally only care about having a good match with the clothes that I do have.

[@nataschavisser573]

I pay the same for some items of clothing now than what I paid 20 years ago. There is no way this is possible without massive amounts of exploitation. Back then my country still had a textile industry with strong trade unions. Now the domestic textile industry is basically dead.

[@ReynaSingh]

Stuff. We’re all convinced that we need more stuff for some reason or the other. These videos are great. Keep it up

[@honiideslysses12]

George Carlin did a hilarious, yet accurate bit on stuff. Classic comedy.

[@Tetragrammaton22]

We're convinced by the advertisers whom have an interest in people buying more stuff.

[@karigrandii]

Because by default, by design, the capitalist neoliberal economy HAS to grow to stay up. That is why every person on earth is doing something to keep it growing either willingly or not. We are all slaves to the system. We cannot escape it. We can only help others see the problem and see that we are not acting in favor of humans or any organism on earth, we are only acting in favor of some abstract economic system that does nothing good for us or any other lifeform.

[@Definatalie]

I have sewn for myself for 25 years and for the last 10 years have worn 90% self sewn clothing. It's something I can do because I have the resources and the skills but that's not possible for everyone.

[@t.a.c.8482]

I don’t have anything interesting or funny to add, but I know engagement means a ton to the KZbin algorithm. So I’ll just say, thank you for the channel and everything you’re doing. It’s a breath of fresh air.

[@craven5328]

In 1911, the Triangle Shirtwaist factory fire killed 146 people - largely because the doors to the stairwells and exits were locked. Many victims jumped to their deaths to avoid the flames. How depressing is it that In 110 years, not much has changed sadly, save perhaps the geogrpahic location of these factories? Due to a collision of circumstances, I started learning to sew my own clothes a few years ago. I figured if my great grandfather and my grandmother could sew/clothe most of their families with nothing more than a 6th grade education, I might be able to do so for myself. Yes, I have to buy mostly new fabric (I am trying to buy more vintage raw materials where I can), but using mostly free KZbin videos and online resources, I've managed to sew 70% of my wardrobe, and discovered a few benefits at least: 1. It generally slows my consumption. I have a rule now where if I can feasibly make the item I want myself, I'm not allowed to buy it. 2. I know my body, and how to make things fit it much better. 3. The "flow" state I enter when engaged in a new sewing project is both energizing, and stress-relieving. 4. I have immense respect for how much work actually goes into making a garment, even high-street fashions. As such, I think I tend to take better care of those I make myself (often repairing or editing them as needed) - hopefully leading to increased longevity. The one caveat is I really don't know for certain if I have saved money (on a net basis) by making my own clothes vs if I had bought all my clothes from fast fashion retailers. However, I certainly don't think it has cost me any more.

[@traviskitteh]

I know I could likely do it myself, but would you be willing to link a couple of the videos or playlists you've used? I'm interested in learning to sew myself.

[@craven5328]

@@traviskitteh Sure! Here's a list of folks I have found really helpful on KZbin: The Basics/General Sewing: - With Wendy - Kim Dave - Professor Pincushion - Seamwork - Diane Deziel - Coolirpa (lots of re-fashioning) - Micarah Tewers (sewing, but also funny) - Bilikis signatures (lots on how to draft your own patterns) - Jess Dang - Zoe DIY - Rachel Maksy (not just sewing) - Rosery Apparel - Loepsie For more vintage / historical sewing focussed: - Sewstine - The Closet Historian (also great for learning how to draft your own patterns) - Nicole Rudolph - Bernadette Banner - Evelyn Wood To add: I started off sewing with a vintage, 1953 signer sewing machine I got second hand for $80 (vintage machines can frequently be found for even less in my area). They last so long because they were made entirely of steel and cast iron. That was a really inexpensive way to get started for me, as all you really need is a simple machine that will do a straight stitch in forwards and reverse. If you want to know more about vintage machines, there is a great KZbin channel called The Vintage Sewing Machine Garage (he repairs and refurbishes). Last edit!: The sewing sub on Reddit was also a great resource for asking questions and support!

[@guidedexplosiveprojectileg9943]

@@craven5328 This will be good when I inherit my fathers tough metal sewing machine he got like 30 years ago.

[@guard13007]

@@craven5328 This is absolutely beautiful, and thank you for sharing how you learned! :D

[@craven5328]

@@guard13007 Thank you! I'm glad if people find it helpful :)

[@pchabanowich]

Good thrift shopping has allowed me a complete temperate climate wardrobe at often-staggering low prices. Of course not everything makes the grade, but it can be made to work at a confident level.

[@DestinyQx]

i am wearing a shirt bought in 2010 .. still looks new and shows no aging .. good quality .. maybe cost $30 at the time .. let's say conservatively once per month wearing means 144 times .. or about 20 cents per wearing .. it's insane that some cannot wear the same shirt twice in a month .. if we are all obsessed by how we look and what we wear .. then think about it: no one is keeping a mental record of what anyone wears .. save money time and energy and be confident in rocking what you already have

[@NyanyiC]

My second hand clothes tell the stories of many previous owners 😁

[@lamorthonyfairyfriend4082]

A lot of mine are too, and are probably way nicer than the clothes stores are currently selling.

[@grmpEqweer]

I'm told cargo pants and shorts are dorky, now. I'm a giant dork anyway. 😁

[@ritagreenwood9397]

I watched that documentary featuring Boohoo in the UK, and the tight leash they keep workers on including monitoring toilet breaks and punishment for being a minute late, yet their clocking out system was significantly awkward to allow for workers to leave on time. The only control we can take is that of what and where we choose to spend our money, even then people are so tired and frustrated it doesn't always allow for greatly considered, ethical shopping, however, if we don't do this more often and in more numbers, more people literally will die. For t-shirts and jeans and so-called fashion, It's not worth it.

[@allypoum]

Love the way these videos are bringing some of the crucial early chapters of Capital and translating their key insights into simple understandable language for the contemporary world. Excellent - and important - work.

[@bpalpha]

Sorry, it's not "we can't track our own supply chain" but an effort to create plausible deniability. In short, they are lying, which is the best way to make money.

[@LarsPallesen]

Exactly. They don't WANT to know how their clothes are made. If they really wanted to ensure that their products were made in a responsible way they could and would have done so.

[@Anne-yi5sb]

In the 1940’s and 1950’s people just wore the clothes they had. Just stop consuming. Wear the clothes you have. Nobody needs thousands of pieces of clothing.

[@ciararespect4296]

Tell women that. They're the worst culprits

[@guard13007]

I haven't bought clothing in 5 years with the exception of replacing lost or damaged items through thrift stores. It's still not enough, especially because it's very difficult to find underwear. And I see how even thrift stores are part of this rapid cycle culture. They don't actually even save the clothes donated..

[@mikeoveli1028]

I only buy clothes from used clothing outlets. I replace them when they wear out.

[@Anne-yi5sb]

@@ciararespect4296 I agree. It’s sickening consumerism. I won’t do it. It’s also a horrible waste of money that could be invested and earning interest.

[@dandylandpuffplaysminecraf8744]

Levi’s cost 7.50 usd in the 70’s when I was a kid. My dad’s materials lab was across the street on Sansome. They didn’t wear out. They customized the fit as you wore them. Buttons didn’t wear out. I now sew my own clothes. It’s ridiculously simple. My teenage daughter customizes thrift store jeans and t shirts. The retail store The Gap and Jeff’s Jeans along with Victorias Secret in San Francisco late 70’s was the start of the end. Shopping went from the hardware store to the mall.

[@vvrgo]

This is a cracking video. The connections you draw between the history of the subject of the video and the real and tangible ramifications they have today is incredible.

[@Ba-pb8ul]

A thoroughly depressing - and accordingly effective - piece of journalism. For those wishing to follow up on Boohoo's relationship with Leicester, I recommend R4's File on 4: All Sewn Up. When I noted this in a tweet last year, Boohoo's public relations tried to fob me off with discounts (that's how ethical they are). Hard to know how to tackle this, but transparency of the supply chain is a start. I can't critique people in a low-income bracket for buying in Primark - it's systemic and requires action by a decent government. On a personal note, I buy only a few mid-range for the longer-term and hope the price-point might reflect the ethics of the company. I suppose a point might be made about the high watershed of aestheticism driven by the auratic (and hence more conservative types of society), but this doesn't really address vast inequities in society, such that lower level individuation comes from the purchase of things when "experiences" are outside life chances

[@user-bu1sb9mt4u]

Another riveting video! Love your commentary and literary voice. I find myself enjoying your work greatly! I'll be here to watch such videos when you post, and even when you don't (Good content isn't easy to find- I've already rewatched a steady number of your videos!) Thank you for another slice of information and entertainment. Blessed be!

[@Andre-qo5ek]

who is enforcing these regulations? what are the penalties? where are the consumer protections demanding justice? demanding boycotts? demanding sanctions? if consumers don't know, they will continue to buy from these companies. like you said, there is too much to look through; and i would say specially as a everyday laborer with just trying to survive daily. the people that publish these reports on these bad businesses , and subsequently the people reporting on the reports, need to get the word out to not just regulators but to every day people. and not just as information, but as action items.

[@JamesRockefeller45]

When 1600 people died in that garment factory there were cracks and it was evacuated the next day the bosses threatened to withhold a month pay to force the workers back and then it collapsed that day. Over 2000 more people where injured and trapped. The owner had illegally added 4 floors on top of the building.

[@suzannewheat9607]

When I was working I longed for the ability to wear the same thing every day but I didn't want stares and criticism. I have ADD and having to figure out how to wear something different each of five working days was really difficult. Now retired I've been wearing the same thing for days on end. Eventually the season will change and I'll have another uniform for spring and summer!

[@Johnny_T779]

Now I feel happy to wear the same clothes for ages 😝. I bought a pair of shoes for each season and then wear them until they have holes in the soles. Same for my other stuff. Maybe the fact that I have a specific taste and don't follow the trends helps me in that. I like clothes, but don't see the purpose of buying something if not needed...

[@musamusashi]

Same here

[@Sew_OzzyWar_Made_This]

I'm using this video as a reference point for a video essay I'm working on. This is great!!!

[@motionsick]

90 percent of the shoes and clothes I buy I wear until they fall apart. Dickies shirts, adidas originals shoes, pantalonies from Costco - they have good buyers. Really hard to go wrong.

[@el6178]

Thank you. Brilliantly re searched as always.

[@karigrandii]

The problem is also that few truly understand the cost of clothing. It is not only what we pay ourselves, a cheap shirt may use way more resources, support forced work, destroy forests etc. This all has a huge cost, that is not just paid by us because we live in our paradise in the western world where we can seperate ourselves from everything. Try and think next time what is the full cost of things you buy.

[@PoolNoodleGundam]

This is why I haven't bought a new set of clothes since 2016. And I bought one shirt that year.

[@grmpEqweer]

I've found some really good items (especially for work) at a thrift store that helps pay for a connected food pantry. 👍 P.s. 8 months out of the year, it's shorts weather here, so some pants get turned into cutoffs. Punk rock, man. If you want distressed jeans, why not just take an orbital sander to them?🤷🏻

[@ciararespect4296]

Thrift/charity stores sell threadbare clothes for a high price nearly as much as new clothes and they also sell rubbish that was worn forty years ago. Probably all dead people and relatives getting rid

[@wildnature8190]

Very interesting information. I try to learn English using your work

[@abhishekjain5995]

Great work!! Very educational..

[@desolateleng9943]

You're doing amazing work.

[@robp5469]

It’s called Boohoo cause that’s what they sarcastically tell people who come to them with concerns

[@confuciuslola]

Get only Shein ads for this pff. Feel like the surveilance capitalism also plays into this presenting you an item at the most effective time, making your behavior more consumerist in nature. I (try to) buy mostly 2nd hand and yet have noticed buying more when I engage with more algorithms ie instagram online market places and yt ads. Even in resisting this tendency, you have to expand effort into not giving in.

[@itsirrelevant4565]

If you can find or be given items you need you will buy very little. If you buy very little you can avoid needing money. If you don’t need money you never have to worry about ads bothering you.

[@grmpEqweer]

I watch atheist channels. The videos all get ads for the sort of churches the atheist channels skewer. 😆

[@shushunk00]

the clothes in the imperial core/global north tells about the labor aristrocracy of the world

[@moxy4926]

Proving, yet again, that there can be no ethical consumption under capitalism

[@lamorthonyfairyfriend4082]

I still have a lot of clothes even though I haven't bought any in years since I never throw any away.

[@musamusashi]

Hemp in place of cotton would solve many issues on the production side, as it require no pesticide and has a much higher yeld rhan cotton (not to mention synthetic fabrics). Ethical business practices would solve many others. But neither is going to happen until greed is the only driving force. But don't forget that is the consumers who drive the market: buy responsible and buy only what you REALLY need, not what they make you believe you need.

[@angelatakano6072]

Your videos should be watched by our young generations who seem not to know where everything as banal as jeans come from

[@LarsPallesen]

Why do you think this only applies to young people? Ask their grand parents if they know where their clothes come from. I doubt it. This is universal. Has nothing to do with age.

[@RJ-lk6qn]

Great videos. Your voice is wonderful and clear but the music was little too loud on this one in some places. Thanks for the content!

[@fabiodeoliveiraribeiro1602]

My cups were manufactured using a technique first developed in China. My coffee originates from the Middle East. The parts of my cell phone were made with raw materials extracted from different continents and it was manufactured in Korea. My robes were made in Brazil, as well as the lamp that lights up my room. Huge production chains link the products I use to different countries. And yet I rarely think about it, because like most people I have been immersed in a process of wealth and commodity circulation over which I have no control. Oops... I just farted the Dates imported from Tunisia that I ate half an hour ago. 😂😂

[@louiseevans5752]

SUPER WELL DONE, ALL SCHOOLS SHOULD SEE THIS, NO POINT MISSED..THANKS. [ JULY 14, 2022 ]

[@north_star8]

Wow, great information to get ahold of. Thank you for this video. I had several comments lol. One, it cost zero dollars to use common sense and have human decency. As far as clothing goes, I wear the same things all the time. I second-hand shop as much as possible and my kids get hand-me downs. This FOMO society operates to the detriment of innocent people and our planet. Also, it makes no sense to me the logic most of use when shopping….we shop for a ‘cheap deal’ but we still constantly spend. Does it even matter to shop cheaper if you’re just shopping all the time anyway? I purposely stay poor so I don’t play into it all.

[@JonathanB00K3R]

You ought to do a video on animal agriculture industry.

[@fauxbravo]

Damn, I only have two pairs of jeans and three pairs of pants total. I gotta catch up.

[@thisguy8106]

Lol. Smh. I literally haven't purchased any clothing item in over a decade. Undies and socks are the exception.. but. My clothes are awful but I can't afford to buy any because clothing and feeding a kiddo is where all my money goes to, so there's not enough left over to buy myself anything. So I've had to get used to being okay with dressing in old ass clothes.

[@LogicGated]

Damn did not know just how resource intensive simply making jeans were

[@MannIchFindKeinName]

I am wearing the same stuff for 12 years now. Got it from my (poor) mom back then from shit shops when i was 16. Since then i found some stuff outside (festivals are crazy :D), bought one summer jacket and got another one from my fav bartender after he had a fight with a customer, got a few second hand pants from a pal and thats it. The only thing that keeps getting renewed (by my gf) are socks and shorts which bothers tf outta me, and the occasional merch t-shirt, but since its mostly DIY punk bands (and alike), its often some vegan, regional, hand-made, fair-trade whatever fabric. That actually poses enough reason for criticism of my person in daily life situations with "normies" :D Especially if its recreational, most of them understand my sentiment after a short talk and it evolves into a 2-sided rant about the topics brought up in this video :D

[@VWYL900802]

It’s like a big high school food chain. You look for someone to do your homework for you while you go do something better, while that person outsource your homework to another lower chain of command, and so on to the point that some people who did your homework you didn’t even know and some are people you probably didn’t want to touch let alone talk to lol.

[@senismarsenis9678]

This is a deep shallow water dive into our everyday commodities

[@amandaperry660]

This is why I sew.

[@babydragon2047]

Give it up brotha👊

[@Darnedestthing]

Hardcore!👍

[@jasonmitchell5219]

This is a tricky and 'touchy' (no pun intended) topic and it will be interesting to see where you land, if you do, with it. For example, briefly, not leaving the tap on whilst brushing teeth is easy and may allow you to bullshit yourself that your being responsible, etc. However, the real human and environmental costs of buying most clothes whilst easy to opt out off... You get my drift. And that's just one out of countless examples where we try to navigate our way through our ethical ideals and our personal, financial and social worlds, hopefully without becoming 'that guy!'

[@TheJayman213]

nice.

[@esesel7831]

buy used: simple as!

[@SensoriaMaRia]

My immigrant Grandmother & her sister worked at Levi Strauss when they arrived in San Francisco, America. Still not sure if this is was good way to start our family journey.

[@Damesanglante]

I'm goth so i dodged all this by making my own and buying from local tailors. :P

[@andrewd.harris656]

You should read Cannibals, All! Or Slaves without Masters by George Fitzhugh. There is a section about how making clothing uniform, as abolition would cause, the people would lose the ability to spin their own clothing and lose a sense of national pride because all of their clothing was spun in a factory and all look the same. It's a different look on what was going on at the time than we would normally read from abolitionists or people in favor of the chatel system of slavery.

[@yashitdonttouch]

It's sad so many people just shopping for pleasure without thinking any further.

[@endTHEhegemony_Today]

Signal boost!! 🖤💜💙💚💙💜🖤 What a great analysis for building a better world distribution system without the human rights violations. Thanks for all the resources!! 🖤💜💙💚💙💜🖤 Drink Water. Love yourself! Eat inequality. Love each other. End the hegemony. Much love!!!

[@jimranallo686]

Very informative...we all know some of the evil goers that subcontract to subcontractor...we should all be more aware shoppers as well as you...cheers

[@KrovaSteam]

Great channel

[@alexhidel3732]

I have a mountain of clothes, but I wear the same clothes for a week, wash them, and repeat

[@fuckyoutubengoogle2]

A kilowatt (kW) is not a unit of energy, rather it is a unit of power. I assume you meant kilowatt hours (kWh) A liter is already a unit of volume so a "cubic liter" doesn't really mean anything.

[@ismaelhernandez751]

Great point! I believe he was keeping to the source of the quotation there but that's good to know all the same (You taught me something new!)

[@Tetragrammaton22]

He was quoting someone else, take up your complaints with them instead.

[@Shaggy.Vibes-]

I love you 💖

[@gray3589]

He exists!

[@Shaggy.Vibes-]

@@gray3589 nah it's all in your head

[@vyvlad]

This doesn't really impact anything but bothered me - at 6:30, 1.5kW is an amount of power, which could correspond to any amount of energy depending on how long the process using that amount of power lasted.

[@itsirrelevant4565]

In the past 100 years humans have made 1,000 years worth of clothes. Just go to a goodwill and look around. Oh, and very little of it is good enough to wear for ACTUAL work.

[@LarsPallesen]

What is ACTUAL work in your book?

[@unreliablenarrator6649]

Perhaps you should know that factories along the Pearl River are strictly regulated for environmental compliance. It was not always so, but for more than a decade it has been the case. Consequentally, production cost has increased and some of the production has moved elsewhere although high quality fabrics are still largely procured in China and (for some premium labels) Japan. Perhaps some of your research sources on this are a bit outdated. Regardless, your central thesis is sound, clothing production chances cheap labor and lax (or non-existent) labor and environmental laws. The center now is South Asia.

[@Chamelionroses]

Landfills keep growing as population grows and forests or jungles get smaller

[@JimiCanRead]

I didn’t know cotton was so polluting - is there a better material?

[@LarsPallesen]

Yeah, almost any other material. Hemp, flax, bamboo, wool or synthetic fibers.

[@dorithezencat]

👏👏

[@ciararespect4296]

6:38 to finish one pair of jeans it takes that much water and electric to power Munich for a year???? In total? So what is the total pairs of jeans then?

[@LarsPallesen]

Ehm, that WAS for all jeans total. Not for one pair of jeans.

[@TennesseeJed]

I am livestock

[@solgato5186]

even worse, they tell a story of conformity

[@mattbonanza9032]

You deserve much more views and subscribers than you have. I will start the change by subscribing now 👍

[@bethmoore7722]

When you buy clothing at thrift shops and resales, you are not enriching companies for their product, and the crimes against workers that increase their profits. Most often, you’ll also be supporting a local business.

[@richardouvrier3078]

Quick Response: fashion. Outsourced, diverse, complex, global supply chains.

[@frankstonerock5984]

The originals had a patch with 2 horse's. Pulling a man apart 😏

[@ozzyd971]

Do your bit, shop second hand!

[@doctork1708]

So? Solutions?

[@akidodogstar5460]

Minimalism.

[@josecipriano3048]

Revolution.

[@luckyyuri]

There are projects that want to surface the entire economic & ecologic chains of consumer products and make them accountable & amenable to intelligent redesign. One fantastic project can be found by srching "The Mattereum Manifesto: green capitalism, product information markets, and the blockchain". It lays out the interesting history of production lines & logistics and sheds a new light on how everting can transition into a new paradigm.

[@josecipriano3048]

Green capitalism is a hoax. There can be no ethical consumption under capitalism.

[@growingmelancholy8374]

Maybe now that you did your homework, you can save up and spend a bit more on local tailored clothes :) Cheers.

[@Cirdan.the.Shipwright.]

Capital is God.

[@johndwyer5246]

I'm searching but I can't find out who this commentator is could anyone enlighten me thanks

[@LadyCoyKoi]

I always wondered who started the idea that those of us who aren't rich or upper class have to follow the same rules as those rich people do when it came to wearing clothes? In other words, who was the sick sociopath that told me I have to have 20 pair of different jeans and 50 different tops even though I could barely afford food, water and other basics? 🤔 And don't you dare get me started on office wear. I'm there to work, not be some fashion hoohaa walking ad for Apple, or other superficial brand. 🤣 At most I ever had were ten tops (five shirts, and the rest are mixed dressy and work shirts) and five pants (two jeans and three dressy). Now it seems encouraged to wear a top once and throw it away... this should never be practiced by the largest group members of society, so much waste. In the past, the royals do this, but there were less than 1% of the entire population and those thrown out clothing were passed onto the dukes, lords, etc and their clothing passed down the latter and so forth. Nothing was wasted. Now practice that waste on a massive scale by the 99% and you have environmental collapse. No one wants to wear the hand-me-downs of peasant class of Western nations. ... and most of the clothing passed off as charity aren't classed as reusable by the poorest members of the poorest nations. The story of cloth isn't just a story of greed... it is a story of waste, abuse, patronizing insults and severe slap to the face. This is why I am so careful not to throw out, unless it truly is bad and even then I separate it so that the local homeless who search the bins in front of my house get the items cleaned and well packaged. People have no idea how many folks within the states need clothing too. 🤔 I am so picky and careful over what I wear and with great reason... those clothes need to last! I still have clothes since I was at high school and some of them still fit (that is over 22 years ago). Even clothes from 1990s last longer than anything made after 2010s. But the clothing that takes the cake are those made before 1980s. There are boots I had seen that I wanted badly that were from the 1930s and they still looked BRAND NEW!!! They don't make quality like that at all anymore. I rather pay a little extra and have quality over quantity. I also care and do clothing maintenance to make what I have last longer. Modern clothing materials are harder to work with to do this compare to the fabrics used in the 1980s and 90s. A pair of 1960s palazzo pants were the oldest fabric materials I had ever worked with and you can feel the massive difference in quality and how easy they were to do maintenance and alterations. Those pants were my favorite 🥰I could no longer fit into them due to changes in gut bacteria, but once I get better I can't wait to wear those "war pants" again. Those pants can survive a bomb blast, so strong they are!!! Even though they are beige, you barely notice the stains, because the materials used make it hard for stains to stay (wipe and go). Would be awesome if we went back to making clothes like that!

[@emanym]

Viva Nudism!

[@ColonizerChan]

2700 liters of water to make enough cotton for 1 T-shirt. Jesus christ

[@naddarr1]

Levi's went from durable jeans for the hardworking person to overpriced cheap garbage. You couldn't give me a Levi because the things would just rip at the worst possible time while working.

[@richmrstonestone]

What hate on capitalism? Works incredibly well.

[@laraparks7018]

Didn't they imprison Martha Stewart for this? Why just her?

[@Tom_Bee_]

You forgot to lie about WHY I should comment here.

[@rickc2102]

I think I'll continue to continue wearing my clothes until they're threadbare and full of holes, get the most out of my guilty high cotton lifestyle

[@NocturnalDoom]

I keep complaining about this. Honestly. It’s awful. I’ve got clothes made in colombia from about 12yrs that are perfect. Some older. Nowadays? You buy an item in 🇬🇧 and it doesn’t last 6 months!!

[@talpark8796]

🙄

[@_Chessa_]

What could we do as a solution to this wasteful way of fast fashion? What is a good way to begin an end to this madness? I still wear my clothes I had as a child. I should probably really change because I’ve gained many pounds since 2005. how do we go about teaching people and solidifying the knowledge of what people are purchasing? Would it be effective to be political or not? Would putting an image of the worker with her or his back story on the front of the clothing do anything to change a persons mind about the piece they are purchasing? Say for instance a pack of cigs or fags at an Australian store; posted on the packet, is an image of rotting teeth or black lung disease in full view of the purchaser. I don’t know how effective that is or if that is still practiced in the country, but I remember it vividly on the telly news seeing that. It made me sick seeing the images and thought it was effective because as a child witnessing those images it did frighten me of the potential risks of being both addicted and having my lungs and teeth looking that way. I however have no knowledge if that ever worked to stop or prevent people from going to get smokes or not. I’m not positive that would be a viable solution or resolution to the issues we have at hand. Chemicals and water usage are a huge issue in my opinion. But I doubt many would bat an eye seeing that there are hazardous chemicals and even more so about water usage. I was blissfully unaware of my adorable plushie purchases being covered in chemicals and being manufactured by kids until now.. and honestly I wish I was still unaware because I just feel depressed seeing the plushie I have bought. Is it mean to make people feel this way about the items they have purchased already? I don’t know.. I don’t know anything but I’m willing to learn and try my best at finding an answer to a problem. I just don’t have many answers to give because my mind just hasn’t been in this kind of pressure.

[@adcaptandumvulgus4252]

You dirty consumer, I sympathize.

[@lulula8306]

Watching this after getting my order of new clothes 💀