Chappell Roan and the True Cost of Sustainable Clothing

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[Grub_For_Worms]

Absolutely none of these people have been to a concert.

40 dollars for a tour T-shirt is pretty damn normal, if not cheaper. I don't even really listen to Chappell's music since it's not my thing but I think it's really cool she got shirts from a quality brand.

This is such a stupid thing to complain about because no one is forcing them to buy a 40 dollar shirt.

[jamesoniris]

40 dollars is literally the regular price of band shirts-

[BunchaNothin]

$40 for a sustainable shirt is so cheap I would presume it isn't sustainable. Not to say it isn't, but $40 is not a lot.

[AlexHider]

The second sustainable fashion discourse has hit the towers. Literally just yesterday I read a story about a size inclusive sustainable brand having to close after a decade and the comments were filled with the worst people alive complaining that they couldn’t compete with SHEIN and no one did hauls with their clothes. Bruh. Everyone who ever complained about the cost of ethically and sustainably produced clothes should be made to sew t shirts for a day.

[flazada]

I'm so glad this isn't a Chappell hate video. Poor girl gets enough crap

[jillparker]

"Wrestling is drag for cis men" so fucking accurate 🤣🤣🤣

[criticaloptimist]

Also, concert tshirts have been like fifty bucks for the last 20 years, so I don’t get the surprise. Also, fans can go buy knock off merch if they want it. I’ve actively not done that because I don’t want that money to not go to chappelle. I swear this stuff just pops up because he algorithms pick her up a lot. People just don’t get the cost of things.

I love this video so much. I used to work in housewares, and the trade shows taught me so much about how wasteful our consumption is. There is no end to the crap. I will go out of my way to buy used but high quality housewares before I buy something new, and if I buy new it’s the nicest option and I am investing in having that thing for years. I also slowly acquire high quality used items from garage sales.

People don’t get how the problem is that we aren’t paid enough to afford a reasonably priced tshirts. We have cheapened labor so much, it’s like we expect it to be free. I saw a review of a power tool in an old woodworking magazine from the 80’s, and the cheapest drill was like 69 bucks. You can buy a new ryobi drill for half that! It’s like he elite know that we won’t riot about our low wages as long as we can still afford stuff. So the crap has to get cheaper and cheaper.

[mooncalf]

Concert Ts have always been priced high. There seems to be an entire industry of harassing Chappell Roan. Just making her more famous. I probably wouldn't have heard of her if it weren't for all these lame "controversies." She seems cool. Thanks for the info, I learned some stuff. Who knew textiles could be equal parts interesting and aggravating? Love the video.

[sirathena]

I love how powerfully confronting Chappell Roan is to people on everything from t-shirts to not-stalking!

[partlydave]

I visited a tiny town in Scotland called Hawick (pronounced Hoyk) that is know for their woolen mills. I took a tour of one of the mills and they had rows and rows of people on various machines sewing and producing wool and cashmere pieces. There was a woman piecing Chanel sweaters for next season next to a woman piecing socks for a white label. It was interesting seeing these products being produced by the same labor in the same building, and it further disillusioned me toward high fashion prices lol.

[lordknightalex]

one thing i cant recommend enough is sprucing up your basics! i have a simple jean vest that i studded and embroidered, there are old jeans i'm going to patch together into something more interesting, there's a shirt i got bored of and am turning into a half-skirt
if you can't sew, ask friends for help, make a day out of it and DIY things together. the more ways you find to keep wearing a piece, the less you'll feel the need to buy new ones
like, if turning that old h&m tee into a crop top will make you wear it again then do it! maybe it'll help you not be nearly as tempted to buy essentially the same thing on temu

[madeofrainbows]

Tour merch STARTING at $40 is a fucking steal! I go into almost every concert experience girding my loins knowing that I'm gonna blow $100 if I want a shirt and a half, and have been for like a decade. But those shirts LAST. If she was able to source sustainable, quality clothing at a very affordable concert setting cost then wtf are these babies crying about? I would go as far to posit that an aspect of tour merch is more expensive than $20 a tshirt for whatever band in store or online is because the prints are limited run, which is part of the incentive to go to said concert.

[glove_flavored]

This is really interesting! I also thought the shirts were going to be like $80 lmao $40?? I'm pretty sure the Hozier concert tshirts were like $50-$60 and they were just pictures of him, not bespoke designs (not complaining about that either)

[clauacl]

It feels like these conversations, at least online, never stem from the real problem of how unattainable quality basics are now, instead it's "why is the trendy thing so expensive". Last time I saw this convo pop up, it was about punk/goth clothing not being dirt cheap, which is hilarious since both styles were born from DIY and a lot of it comes down to styling.

I also wish some people would just walk into a fabric store and see how expensive quality fabrics can get, and I'm not talking about fashion fabrics, just basic cottons or natural fibers.

[TheAbigailDee]

This was one of the goofiest controversies for a star who has consistently goofy controversies!!!

[keybyss]

Tbh I think I actually respect Ms. Roan even MORE now.

For her to go outta her way to put out high-quality, ethically-made products instead of just throwing out shitty shit (on top of everything else about her) is honestly pretty significant in my book, a lot more integrity than I’ve seen from most celebrities in the past decade.

Her music isn’t even all my thing (though HOT2GO is still a bop), and I haven’t always agreed with her 100%, but her attitude and actions here is honestly super cool in my book.

Bravo to Chappell! 👏 She deserves way better.

[totallyzooter]

Your channel is super underrated. As a black guy i cant seem to find a white leftist creator who doesnt fuck up or be friends with racists or do brand deals with better help or something. Your videos are well researched and well spoken whilst also having a charm to them i dont see otherwise.

[katerrinah]

Thank you for pointing out that with all fashion there is a cost - and if you're not paying it someone else is.

I hate the line "poor people deserve to have nice things" in defence of fast fashion because what it really means is "western poor people deserve to have nice things". Do the poor, exploited workers not deserve nice things too?

We need clothing to cover our bodies yes. But a pink Pony club t shirt isn't a basic human right. It's nice to have but you don't get to demand one in exchange for someone else's wellbeing.

I make my own clothes and the amount of disconnect people have with how much time and effort goes into making clothes is wild. Garment workers deserve to be paid a living wage and be treated well because damn they are 10x more skilled than I am

[Nicole-zhpl]

I've never paid less than 40 dollars for any tour shirt since I was a teenager. Lol

[coryingman]

I'm a collector of old tools, and run a you-name-it repairs service. I can tell you with no uncertainty that there are very VERY few examples of American products which are made better today than they were in the 1960s. And no, I'm not some nostalgic geezer, I'm a millennial. If you want a good hammer made here, get an Estwing. Even a good old hammer isn't as good as a new Estwing for the money. They still make leather handles, but they're ~$35 now. Case in point.