I recently went to a sustainable fashion conference in Stockholm. There was little to no address to real sustainable solutions to this problem (which is customer behaviour towards shopping) but all they were talking about was basically different ways to push products in a way that “sounds” sustainable (greenwashing). And this made realise that change has to come from the bottom up, it won’t come from the top down! Great video by the way, keep up the good work!
The funny thing to me about polyester is that some brands think they can get away with high price points because of the name and brand but when your mindset is fixated on the fabric, materials and quality - you’re just thinking wow does this brand thing i’m that stupid? Zara comes to mind. What is ironic is that the instagram girlies don’t see Zara as a fast fashion brand…yet. when i see hauls and some of the prices for a bit of polyester on a hanger….it’s like people are asleep to this!
Part of the problem with polyester is that a lot of natural textile mills have converted to producing polyester. Abby Cox has a really good video titled something like athleisure: 100 years of destroying fashion that explains the issue further! Editing to add I love the rewear chair! Would also be cool to use it to air dry your clothes. I don’t have a drying rack so I just sort of lay my clothes all over my apartment but it is sort of inconvenient and messy. Would love if I had a functional way of holding them while they dry!
Unfortunately polyester is also used in luxury ( I remember a youtuber checked out a fabric composition of a Dior jacket lining ) . Or you have high end brands like Sandro, Ba&Sh etc that have a 300€ polyester blouse . I do not buy on Temu or Shein. Some of my friends can occasionally buy clothes ( 1-2 items ) on these sites to keep up with seasonal trends and because they cannot afford a pricey item.
About the story about Dior, Gucci and Tod's canceled orders - the minimum wage in Romania at the moment is the equivalent of about 5 dollars per hour, but our taxes are more than 40% of our monthly income. Imagine living on that income .... Oh and the minimum was about 4,5 $/hour before the raise in January. All these big, luxury fashion brands do not give a f**k about their workers!
OMG the rewear chair is amazing! I recently got an antibacterial fabric spray so I can rewear things a bit more than washing! Also trying not to use the dryer to enhance the longevity of my clothes!
@@katierobinson same! I've never even owned a dryer. My family has always been quite old school: hand me downs, secondhand 80s-00s cookware from grandparents, repurposing items, hand washing dishes etc. So we've actually always lived quite sustainably 😂🥰🌱
The old school theater/costumers trick to refresh your clothes is to spray with vodka. The alcohol kills odor causing bacteria. Hang stuff to air out and get a good brush for coats and sweaters. I like the idea of just using the tried and true old school method because I hate the idea of creating more marketing opportunities, and therefore new reasons for people to buy more stuff by repackaging an old way of doing something (or not in the case of not washing clothes so often) as though it’s new.
Cool. Exactly what we need. Products with terrible quality, toxic materials, and easily break. People will need to buy something else because the first product isn't made properly. It's a different kind of cost. Temu, Amazon, Shien.. garbage.
Is anyone noticing price surging on asos and Zalando? Every day items I have saved, have new prices. Its weird and no one is talking about this. Am I the only one noticing this? The prices regardless of season and style go up and down every single day.
This is increasingly the norm. I have not seen this yet, but the tech is improving for brick and mortar stores to do this as well with digital price tags. The public radio program Marketplace has covered this a lot over the years. Have a listen though their archives if you would like to learn more.
Lol. The rewear chair, though 😆 I mean, I appreciate them spreading awareness about the issue (washing clothes that don't necessarily need it, is something I'm guilty of myself), but that design is both ugly and unnecessarily complicated. You can get a clothing rod on wheels or just screw one to the wall (like for towels) and use hangers. It's cheaper, you can likely find a suitable one second hand and it takes up way less space. Or heck, use a drying rack. That way is double purpose, because you can use it to dry clothes as well.
I am so sick and tired of sweaters being called “wool” when theyre not even 10% or 5% of the fiber content!!! These brands charge wool prices for polyester and acrylic, even if the knit is lazy (ie it’s only on the front/lop sided)! It’s so crazy that this has become a common practice…
Is all this polyester why there is now so much full body deodorant being marketed all of the sudden in the last couple of years? I wasn’t sure if it was companies manufacturing insecurity out of thin air as much grooming marketing is, or if people are genuinely more stinky from wearing more polyester. Or both? Sweat on polyester does smell more. I don’t often wear synthetics and don’t seem to have a full body funk issue.
