OT: socially conscientious clothing

You bought something on Etsy? Wtf? I consider it "socially conscious" to go to TJMaxx. It's all leftover stuff, sort of like using the whole animal.

Also just be clothing that covers the appropriate private parts at the local Walmart? Because I really appreciate most humans to be fully covered by clothing....

I socially wear your mom and it feels great.

Yes, I am totally socially concious about what I wear. If my bosses do not approve of my clothing I could suffer severly.

I can gain/lose monetarily, emotionally, and in my private life based on my chosen attire.

If my wife does not apporve of my clothing I could suffer sexually and/or with a lack of back rubs/scratching.

I am super-conscientious of my clothing because I know it can have desired/undesired afffects on my life.

"Quit drinking and go to bed"

I'm not into people wearing their political correctness as some kind of convenient designer label.  Like the guy who drives a $40,000 Volvo and acts likes he's somehow living lightly on the land.

Just do what you think is right and shut up about it.

 

 

Give yourselves a round of applause. Many laughs were had.

I'll take two please.

As a person who works to help others overseas for a living, trying to care about, let alone do something about, every injustice in the world is just silly. You can't do it. What are you doing to eradicate world hunger? How are you helping little girls out of the sex trade? How have you helped promote gender equality in China? Where have you been while drug overlords rule in Mexico? How are you putting a stop to child soldiers in Nigeria? You can't possibly DO SOMETHING about every thing wrong with the world. Nor can you expect others to do the same. You could pick any injustice and come on here and rant and say you expected better of the mgocommunity. You could, but it'd be dumb, because we can't try to change everyone to our specific standards. If people don't care about a topic you care about, being appalled is not the way to go. Let it go. Do your thing if you want. We'll do our thing in the areas that we each give priority to. If we'd like to change our priorities to better fit your worldview, that's up to us, not you. Ok rant over.

The most sustainable items are the ones that don't exist becuase you mended, repaired, fixed the current item you own instead of throwing it away and purchasing a new one. 

I don't understand why, that within 10 posts, the thread devolved into a shitshow. OP asked if anyone was into sustainable clothing and if so for any advice. Why is that controversial?

Nike has had their fair share of ethical issues, so it's a consideration for gear that we will be buying starting August 1st.

Anyways, it's not a consideration I currently make but am open to in the future.

Sustainability has become politicized and now serves certain financial interests more than the environment. Science is fudged, agendas are pushed, and the masses are deceived. This is why sustainability claims cannot be trusted. As educated Michigan men and women we should always question and analyze the official word on everything, particularly now when dissent from the official word is stifled, ridiculed, and slammed.

Your dreads are a cultural appropriation, OP.

and braless tank tops.  I look better in khakis & blue tops though.

I love the local handmade items I've purchased from Etsy, including clothing, but my wardrobe needs require quite a bit of retail shopping.