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It’s because try hards find a jacket and will attach 40 adjectives to describe it on their Depop or grailed and sell it for 40x what they paid at the local goodwill
After Goodwills CEO change shit hasn’t been the same. I’d highly recommend going to any thrift store that arent the big box stores that’s where I’ve gotten my best finds for the best prices. Got light wash 90’s Silver Tab Levi’s in my size for $3 lol
My wardrobe is nearly 80% thrifted and I have absolutely noticed that the construction of old clothes is better. Especially when talking about jeans and jackets.
Yes, it’s mostly because production has been cheapened and fast fashion became even faster. Remember how back then clothes used to be released as collections? Now every day there’s gotta be a new piece of clothing, which lead to them being made with less care, by cheaper, usually illegal, labor in sweatshops.
We know because of fast fashion etc that clothes are bad these days but in thrift stores it may just be the clothes that have made the cut yk, survivorship bias
From the 50s-00s cultural change was revolutionary, which made the new feel exciting and the old feel redundant. But since then culture has become iterative. It’s like how phones are way better now, but they aren’t exciting the way they were in the 00s where every year there was killer new features.
There's a case of survivorship bias to the quality argument too. The only t-shirts you see in thrift stores/vintage shops are the ones which were made well enough to last that long - everything else disintegrated. That said, there absolutely has been a race to the bottom in terms of manufacturers cutting costs by any means necessary as well as speeding up the trend cycle; fashion was a lot slower back then. If you look up the stats, people used to buy far fewer pieces of clothing AND spent a higher percentage of their income on it. Vintage leather is GOATed tho. It's cheaper, already broken-in and arguably more ethical. literally zero downsides
Leather requires a shitload of chemicals and killing an animal, often one used for meat. While faux leather is plastic eco-waste real leather really isn't more ethical or sustainable. Also while even some vegans argue in favor of second-hand leather I don't see the same argument for fur, and I wouldn't be comfortable wearing second-hand real fur either.
@@steveweast475 look up chromium tanning and you might change your mind. Either way, both are unsustainable and unnecessary. The only viable option is stuff made of cactus or other similar materials but those are expensive af
@@AbbohBohfaux leather will never last. No matter which you way slice the shitty melted plastic. Also most quality brands creating leather products now will always emphasize their tanning processes such as natural/veg tan.
@@ShanK_K literally there are faux leathers not made of plastic, but they're very expensive and niche. And real leather jackets are still extremely polluting and just as bad as fur ethically speaking. Better to steer clear of both.
A weird thing I heard about nostalgia and aesthetic come-backs is that everyone who was a kid during a given era grows up and gets work in design. Then they bring back styles from their youth. Then everyone around that time who doesn’t work in design are the main demographic with disposable income. All this money is being spent on stuff from these designers’ childhoods, and it creates the trend of an era comeback. It’s also possible that this revival makes a future generation nostalgic for a given aesthetic because they ended up growing up with the revival of it. That’s how the 60’s-70’s and now even 80’s can have multiple comebacks. It’s gonna be weird seeing kids growing up in the 2010’s bringing that stuff back. I think it’s gonna be pretty cool. Can’t wait for the zoomer 2024 comeback with skibbidi fashion trends.
oh God im not ready for the 2014-2017s swag hypebeast era to come back. I wonder how they'll pull it off bcs most of them look ass and was I'd say where luxury consumerism started to really really rise
Its true that things were better and more thought out back then. Like Martin Margiela, Helmut Lang and Issey Miyake have done everything that these new designers are doing right now.
In terms of materials, yes things used to be made better for a reasonable cost. I had the same bathing suit from like 5th grade until the end of high school! Things were made like Superman’s clothes back in the 90s. (Granted I bought a pair of Jordans that disintegrated in under a month but, still…)
Quality issues in relation to the idea of "they don't make 'em like they used to" is valid and imo very true. I think the reason that people have such intense nostalgia for previous decades is that style in terms of fashion, cars, graphic design, etc is because the modernism vibe that is so prevalent today is just so fucking boring. Minimalism is boring af and ikea type modernism is fucking boring. Shit is fucking boring. So when you see older stuff that wasn't so fucking boring, it's really refreshing and hopefully everything stops looking and being so fucking boring
This is a phrase I will gladly die on a hill for. So many things in general were made so much better, even a few decades back. Trash clothes from the late 90s/early 2000s feels like premium shit compared to similar stuff now. Like you can definitely still buy quality stuff now, but its always charged at a heavy premium just to have the chance to own something that isn't F2/Zara quality.
Literally !!! I try to explain the quality of original baby phat and ecko to people 😂 there was a lot of itchy polyester hanging out in the thrift stores in the 2000s, but you could find a 100% cotton hoodie from 1985 and it would be amazing
@@baby.nay. i have a bunch of hoodies from the 80s/90s that people have given me when they clean out their closets. They’re all nicer shaped, thicker and somehow still less pilled than a regular modern sweater 💀
Like your content, I was born in 86 and this is why y'all don't understand the quality of the 90s ...my Friend it truly was a time only the folks that were there can relate to unfortunately
People had items of clothes for their entire lifetime vs now clothes are so garbage quality you expect them to be wearable for 2 years maximum, so there's nothing to talk about
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.
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
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
Лично меня в вещах из прошлого привлекает то, что среди них банально легче найти так называемые timeless референсы. Если говорить о том, что популярно сейчас - то бывает сложно сказать, будет ли это актуально через лет 10. Те стили, что находятся на хайпе надоедают людям спустя 2-3 года - тот же горпкор, логомания, пресловутый олдмани. Даже в контексте одного стиля меняются актуальные силуэты и вещи. Поэтому я стараюсь составлять гардероб из может быть не таких выделяющихся и цепляющих взгляд вещей, но которые будут смотреться хорошо вне зависимости от трендов. А среди old clothes банально больше встречается такого. Мне кажется это тоже важный фактор, почему старые вещи привлекают больше
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
simple back than brands werent heavily carried by brand name it was quality. nowadays I see people wearing the ugliest shirts because it say Balenciaga on it. stuff like Supreme shirts looked awful.
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.
i mean, i don’t necessarily disagree with what he’s saying, but quality HAS gone down. my argument isn’t that “past fashion is better because now, look bad,” because i actually adore the variety of styles, and greatly appreciate the internet for increasing access to smaller businesses, esp bc i like alternative fashion- but big fast fashion companies continuously steal *cough* (we know who i’m referring to) designs from these smaller businesses, and copy to mass produce them with HEINOUS quality. i dont believe all polyester is bad, but a large *majority* of polyester is poor quality simply because of the mass production synthetic materials have facilitated. and it's not just low end fashion, luxury brands like gucci and chanel have had a noticeable decrease in quality WHILE THEIR PRICES HAVE SIMULTANEOUSLY INCREASED?? and even beyond their aesthetic design, they just don't last, ex: (not mine, something i came across on the internet) that one $2000 gucci skirt that's dry clean only, got a stain, and had to be thrown away, chanel's new handbags having hardwear that's already scratched before purchase/breaking after a couple wears i don’t have a particular time period (20 years ago, 50, 90, whatever, i’m literally just 17) in mind when i say “wow, now kinda bad”- i just know whatever we’ve got now, holistically, ain’t it.
and i enjoy new things, as much as i’d like to buy more vintage- which is exactly why it SUCKS because then you quickly notice how hard it is to navigate brands and learn which ones are producing clothing that’ll actually last & live up to expectations
“The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there.” Quote by L.P. Hartley. I like that we miss and appreciate old stuff like clothes or music etc, but I think the times were completely different. If things of that style would come out today, not as nostalgia bait, but as genuine products, we wouldn't like them. Time is flying and everything changes and we have to change as well. We miss 90's but kids in 30 years will miss 2020's, natural way of live. We get everything that's fit for our current culture. 90's had deftones, longsleeves and neon painted cars, We have playboi carti, loafers and electric cars. Times are perfect, we just have to appreciate them.
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.
As usual, an entertaining and informative video. I don't think enough mention was given to how different vintage Ts feel. They're firm, sturdy, thick, with solid construction - but because of continued wear, they also have a very comfortable feel. If you're not going for some coveted music / sports merch, you can easily find a vintage T with an interesting, attractive design for less than what you'd pay for a T at Gap or at Uniqlo. The only disadvantage is that because older Ts are thicker, you might find yourself too warm on the hotter days we have in the summers we get now.
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
It’s wild I can’t buy anything online without finding out the cotton weight or gsm . Ive noticed some places don’t even list the materials they make the item out of !! wtf . Noticed an uptick of things being listed as 100% cotton but it’s actually a polyester blend when you get it , most recently a brand said they wouldn’t accept returns even though the description of the item was wrong… just feels like everything is meant to look like clothes but not really be the clothes 😂😂😂
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
Well they don't make them like they used to because A.I makes everything now and that's great and all with those nikes but wait until A.I gets in a feedback loop like the algorithms on you tube do and just makes lego looking clothes over and over again because its convinced everyone loves it because it got some engagement that one time when you was drunk. A.I feeds us s*it because it is dumb and never thinks to ask "do you want more of this or shall I suggest something different"
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
You can’t tell me that a 90s Brockum blank isn’t heartier and more flattering than a Gildan that you’d get at a modern concert that disintegrates after a few washes.
I think a big part of why people get stuck on retro aesthetics, or nostalgia in general, is because the past is mostly settled, which makes it comfortable. We know what's what, which sides won, and that makes it a whole lot easier to think about.
Like good you're getting paid, but fuck man, the worst browser out there could not offer me enough money to shill a terrible AI chatbot that got shoehorned in after they got tired of their stupid browser for gamers gimmick
I also like that it was likely local to semi local factories that were employing our citizens. A kid could get a job and become a tradesman on textiles without having to go into a ton of college debt.
Its difficult to really guess if things were actually higher quality in the past, or if we are just seeing the things that have survived the test of time due to survivorship bias though too.
