im picky as shit when it comes to material and fit, and how it feels on me. so when i try and buy a brand new anything, its a hassle because the thing is 90% polyester (no breathability or loosening over time), no space for natural body fat, and its done in such a way that I often can't alter them! And for some reason women's clothes keep changing sizes, having less fabric for space, thin af, piece a shit designs... of course im gonna thrift that 90s jcrew top, its 100% cotton! nearly caved for a full silk top at a 5th avenue...it was $400...i bet i could find the same thing from a decade ago in a thrift store (thats NOT goodwill) for much less. Found a dream pair of vintage jeans in a thrift store, they didnt have my size, im still looking for it! It doesn't help that i miss a lot of my lil kid closet (2K-2016), so if anything reminds me of fashion styles i look up to, imma try and buy.
Survivorship bias plays a lot in the old stuff (clothes, buildings, whatever) is better argument. If a shirt was garbage, it probably wouldn’t survive the 20 years it takes to become y2k vintage now. So a shirt you see needs to clear that hurdle before you even see it. This biases the sample towards good stuff. Same with buildings. You see an old house and say “old houses are always so well made” but actually, only well made old houses are able to survive long enough for you to see them. The super badly made old houses collapsed and the super ugly old houses are more likely to be torn down. In 20 years, all the temu trash will have turned to sea turtle pesticide mush and only better made clothes will have survived. 2044 kids will be saying “they made stuff better in 2024” as their super Shein AI enabled tin foil coat visibly falls apart on their shoulders.
I collect France 98 world cup fan t shirts and both the quality of the t shirt itself and the prints is far superior to any t shirts you can buy in 2024
Amazing. Thank God for His love, mercy, protection, and creations, and thank God during the highs and lows and God bless you and all of us in Jesus Christ’s King of all kings blood that was shed and name we declare and name we pray amen. 😊 Fantastica. Gracias a Dios por El amor, misercodia, proteccion, y creaciones, y gracias a Dios todo los dias mala o bueno y vayan con Dios a todos y yo en el sangre y nombre de Cristo Jesus Rey de reys amen. 😊
I think we’re at the end of this civilization and the 90s was the peak of all our creative ideas and everything had basically been done. The only thing left to be new was the iPhone and internet. To simply log in all the data from the 1900s y2k and the Mayans was all about this very momen
As an older guy creeping up on 50yrs old who loved fashion for decades I'd have to say, old clothes are "better". The issue is the reason WHY they were "better" is key. #1 The internet. We had no choice but to be more original because access to information was not at our fingertips like it is now. If we had the internet or it was as good as it is now (for the 2000s and up crowd) we would have pulled from the past a lot more. #2 Inflation. We had better quality at a cheaper price because everything was cheaper. #3. No real fast fashion. We had cheaper brands but they did not usually replicate the current trends with the accuracy they do now. Because of that most people bought better quality clothing and it was cheaper than it is now. Some bought cheaper clothing but they were not usually into fashion or just couldn't afford to be. I think "better" only really applies to quality and then only in terms of how much quality one can get for a certain amount of money. You can still get quality now, it just will cost more and you have to look a little harder. There are brands that still deliver good quality at a decent price like Champion and Uniqlo.
my best shirt right now is a thrifted tee from 2008, it’s cut so perfectly. nicely fitted crew neck, great sleeve length, and NOT TOO LONG OF A TORSO. it’s perfect
I used to alter my own clothes and make custom clothes. I started by going to thrifts when I was super young and it was so sick to be able to buy such good quality clothing for just pocket change. I’m 25 now but I was 11-17 years old going crazy at thrift stores. Now that same pair of 501s that was $10 is $90 😓😓😓 inflation isn’t even that bad it’s just hype that killed thrifting
It's not that ALL old clothes were better made, but the bottom end has definitely gotten cheaper. The average quality of high street stuff used to be better, for example.
Frugal said that Chrome was the best browser in a video a few years back when he was plugging the honey chrome extension, but now Opera is the best apparently
I honestly believe the difference between fashion photography in the 90s and early 2000s and now makes a huge difference to how we perceive the clothes, especially now that most photos are just taken on phones
