OT: socially conscientious clothing
Is this a consideration to you when you buy your clothes?
For me, it hasn't been but I'm looking to make a change. I've been a frequent shopper of namebrand retail, especially via deep discount factory and clearance sites. While its nice to get fashionable, quality clothing for low prices no one can pretend they don't know who is losing out in the process.
Last night I bought a hemp hoodie of etsy for 40 dollars. Its handmade in America ( I have to wait 3 weeks for production before I get it) made from sustainable materials. If I like the feel I plan to buy more hemp clothing.
I've done a bunch of research and have learned some interesting stuff. For example, bamboo was in vogue but now is considered unsustainable, but still is sometimes marketed as such. I also learned that the fair trade / sustainable market is no where near as deep as the rest of retail. Its going to be hard to build my wardrobe if most sites seem to carry only a handful of items.
So, open disussion. Is this something you care about? Do you have any hints about shopping consientiously?
Is this a consideration to you when you buy your clothes?
For him, it hasn't been but he's looking to make a change. He's been a frequent shopper of namebrand retail, especially via deep discount factory and clearance sites. While its nice to get fashionable, quality clothing for low prices no one can pretend they don't know who is losing out in the process.
Last night he bought a hemp hoodie of etsy for 40 dollars. Its handmade in America ( he has to wait 3 weeks for production before he gets it) made from sustainable materials. If he likes the feel he plans to buy more hemp clothing.
He's done a bunch of research and has learned some interesting stuff. For example, bamboo was in vogue but now is considered unsustainable, but still is sometimes marketed as such. He also learned that the fair trade / sustainable market is no where near as deep as the rest of retail. Its going to be hard to build his wardrobe if most sites seem to carry only a handful of items.
So, open disussion. Is this something you care about? Do you have any hints about shopping consientiously?
April 13th, 2016 at 10:21 AM ^
I guess someone doesn't know what hemp is....
April 12th, 2016 at 10:01 PM ^
I think you meant conscious.
Socially conscientious is what happens when the new guy at work tries hard to make friends during trivia night.
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delete this thread
We need to hear WD's stance on this before it is deleted.
Wolverine Devotee is no doubt thoroughly disgusted with the OP for owning and wearing non-Michigan branded articles of clothing.
There's no need to bring up things that have Benn brought up in the past.
Put some god damn pants on
This thread blows.
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April 12th, 2016 at 10:13 PM ^
April 12th, 2016 at 10:57 PM ^
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Is that Mark Emmert and Hugh Freeze?
AND what font are the letters and numerals???
I wonder if the Michigan hemp hoodie will have a swoosh or jumpman
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Could make the top 10 though. I am having a hell of time laughing while reading these comments this morning.
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I commend you for sticking to your values, but that's honestly a factor that has never crossed my mind, let alone something that I'd let dictate my clothing purchases. Reminds me a little bit of that story about throwing starfish back into the ocean.
If it's something that's personally important to you, great! Do it when you can, and when it doesn't work out, that's on the system. If not, if anybody holds you purchasing normal clothes against you, that's on them. It's not worth doing it to appease a select few who may judge you for it, in my estimation.
Some people recycle, some people through their trash out in the street. I get that. But just because you ignore the problem doesnt make it not real.
What about your purchases for example cell phone or computer/tablet? What about your food? Are you making the same type of decisions for those items or just your clothing?
...and therin lies the problem. Can't just pick and choose OP to feel good about yourself. (that is not meant to be snarky in any way but living sustainably is more than just 1 thing)
Wait, so you're saying that because he can't or won't engage in this level of consideration for all of his purchases, he shouldn't be doing it for any purchase?
That's a ridiculous line of logic.
April 12th, 2016 at 10:43 PM ^
My question was trying to understand his views and practices as a consumer of all products. For some items, like probably cell phones, it may not be feasible to make these type of choces, but for clothing there are more options.
Not sure why you are jumping to conclusions and making assumptions, because when you assume you make an ass out of you not me.
April 13th, 2016 at 12:30 AM ^
No idea why you got negged for this when you're so obviously right.
April 12th, 2016 at 10:15 PM ^
but that sounds too logical
So basically, you started this thread not to have an open discussion on the topic, but to brag about how much better you are than everyone else and to harangue people who aren't as good as you.
Cool thread bro.
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April 12th, 2016 at 10:51 PM ^
Wet starfish.