This is just fantastic...getting ready to travel to Scotland and was looking for some Patagonia gear...what better way to visit a beautiful country other than in beautiful clothes that are good for the world!
Beautiful, working on these must be very fulfilling knowing the history that goes into them. It would be super neat to record the stories of these products on a blockchain so people could pass down their tales to the new owners.
Call it what it is - recycling clothes, which is a good thing, but clothes don't have souls, they are not reincarnated. Plus you probably wouldn't want to know where a certain garment has been.
Great intentions, however doesn't really make sense to me, to buy a jacket which cost more than its new equivalent and is less functional as well. while this is very clever and well meaning. I think its a bit much for Patagonia to ask us to buy their products send them back so they can re market them and charge more for the pleasure, effectively making the profit twice. I feel like this is just targeting people who want to humble brag about how much they care for the environment by buying something branded as "recrafted" when in fact they probably don't need it (and probably leading to buying a new/more functional jacket down the line). thus continuing to fuel an approach to consuming which Patagonia claims to stand against? but that's just my opinion...
@Brad Gantt yeah I appreciate that it takes time and a skilled person to make these products, and yes preventing anything going to landfill is ultimately a good thing. Im not trying to take away from what these people have pioneered, I guess my problem with it is Patagonias marketing along side what they actually produce such as their new shell line where it says 100% recycled, which on the surface makes it sound like the jackets are made from 100% recycled materials and trick people into buying a new jacket because of this. Where as in reality they arnt, sometime less than 50% of the materials are recycled. I'm just saying it would be good to see a little more transparency from a company who demand a lot from everyone else
Patagonia has become a cult. I saw this "recycle your clothes" box, there is so much fine print. They should just be saying, give us your perfectly fine clothing so we can resell it at full market value again....its all about marketing (brainwashing).
Patagonia has always been the very best. You both have made my day, as i do not consume much. I still have an old down vest from patagonia that is , to others super out of style. Have had since the early 80s. I am also reusing all. Ideas for scraps is easy. Make paper ( can even be rolls of mulching paper that decomposes in garden) if it is the real deal, and or you can make chairs. Big round filled slouchy chairs because we all need to relax once in awhile. I do not know how this old vermont former farmer and fiber person can thank you. Just brilliant. Post script,we also luv luv luv rebecca burgess of Fibershed. Lets make this a viral vid, shall we?
I love Patagonia products. I still have and wear a purple synchilla pullover that’s 35 years old. I also have new Patagonia clothing and am happy knowing I will likely have it for the rest of my life. Thank you!
I travel all over your island nation every year wearing my Patagonia gear and even last year during my trip to Siquijor (by vessel 🚢) someone else had on the same patchwork Arbor pack I had on! 💪🏝️🥥🇵🇭
I’m so excited about this company. I love it and want to see the inventory of items, and check here first for needs.pj’s coats jackets,gloves backpacks why buy new when we can purchase superior quality items.the most important thing I think is how do we donate to the work shops? We don’t want to throw away our no longer need or damaged goods instead of throwing them away!!!!
my business experience tells me that 6 coast to make a new vest creates a ton of sleeves and colors unusable on THAT manufacturing scale, so it still needs to be resolved. Individuals ib many online groups, mostly women, do all sorts of sewing down to what is called the CRUMBs..a 1" x2" piece or strip of fabric that is simply stitched on to a base to make a small coin purse or a block for a big scrap quilt, only these individuals sewing on their own can truly have a non waste garment or item. BUT if we DO fight the enormous waste of cheap one- season, one wear clothing with plastic thread from China, and make other things then it won't be for profit, but for keeping people employed. The decision, in industrial production terms, will be a failure if the gauge is just breaking even... these trends MAY lead to a permanent trend social supported,or not. Something mined like copper, or another more rare mineral- like cobalt, are needed so cost to obtain is justified in higher price (cars, cell phones, etc) but clothing is not there yet. Even the poorest nations have stopped taking container car loads of our used clothing.And bins are buried or burned as they explain here. NO mention of how these ar PRICED either..obvisously the virtue signaling buyers will pay more for the jackets that went around he world, a *nic* thought, but a poorer working person will not and just buy the basics already fair priced. Will be interesting to see how societies value this labor. There are MANY examples of the DO GOOD efforts to salvage food waste and spotted bananas, etc but to get to 'production level' they had to buy 'new food' in large amounts and skip over the often unreliable to obtain ugly veggies and fruits.. it is one decision or the other, the average person is unaware.
Patagonia has gone green insane...to make more billions...making T shirts out of plastic bottles??? and worn out clothes... Ten -penny pants, now have 1 seam, instead of 2.....i have been a customer of Patagonia since 1978, and i no longer am....
