Fashion

I feel this as someone trying to buy and wear pieces for a loooong time

I feel this as someone trying to buy and wear pieces for a loooong time 

https://thewalrus.ca/the-golden-age-of-garbage-clothing/

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J. Crew comes up often, with one user grumbling that a $125-plus cashmere sweater “just got a hole in it after one single year of use.” Buyers on YouTube lament the deteriorating craftsmanship in luxury brands too, hoisting up $1,000 bags that come up short. One study found that recently made designer jeans were less durable than a new pair from Walmart. It’s starting to feel like quality has become price and label agnostic.

It’s called capitalism.  It keeps trying to squeeze extra money even when the existing product is perfect.

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Baudrillard called it waste economy. Or something like that. Vicious cycle of waste. 

It's true though that you can spend a lot of money on crap products - fortunately I don't have that choice, so I need to be smarter than buying 1 k bags that fall apart next day.

Yeah legit, the sweet spot for men’s clothes is actually the middle right now.

I can get handmade high quality shirts for $150 or cheap stuff for $60/$250