It's Not Just Shein: Why Are ALL Your Clothes Worse Now?

We dug into the real reason all of our clothes are getting worse. The fast fashion revolution is making huge brands like Zara and Shein—and their shareholders—rich. Meanwhile, we get worse clothes with no pockets and textile landfills you can see from space.

Featuring @clotheshorsepodcast
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[Praisethesunson]

My favorite part of this is that spending more money on something does absolutely nothing to guarantee the quality of a product. Absolute garbage is being sold as high end.

[sportluver]

It’s so depressing. Everything feels gross, looks gross, everything feels cheap

[trixiesgranparanz]

Every single white dress, shirt, skirt etc. is extremely see through nowadays, such a shame

[Atria]

It's not just clothes, It's everything.

[danzrs]

Even fabric to sew your own clothes is not good anymore. The entire textile industry has just plummeted.

[sueyoungg_]

It’s crazy how thrifting went from a cool hobby to an absolute necessity for clothing quality, price, and ethical sourcing.

[rugbyplayer]

Even socks aren’t made to last anymore. The fabric has gotten thinner; therefore forming holes much faster

[kat-riddle]

Finally someone that doesn't try to blame the people buying the cheap clothes. The change needs to come from laws and regulation, otherwise nothing will ever change. You're just gonna make people feel bad for not being able to afford better things.

[stevenwyman]

Fast fashion is wild, it's like "we have this material that will take centuries to break down, and with it we've made clothes that you can wear once"

[missmelodyjoy]

Something else that contributes to fast fashion that wasn’t mentioned: larger companies are stealing styles created by small businesses. It makes it easier for them to “create” new styles to push out quickly.

[rosicl]

Yes, it's not just clothes, it's many things that have deteriorated in quality and don't last long, like furniture, electronics, children's toys, etc.

[DemonicMailman]

As someone who buys maybe 5 new items of clothing a year, the fact that the AVERAGE in the US is 68 blew my mind.

[kimbrolyy]

I have an old sci-fi book from the 60s, with a fake ad from the 2000s for "paper clothes" that are one-time use only. Seemed science fiction then, but basically what we have now

[zamboozle]

i feel way better about my job now, since the literal purpose is to repair clothes, repair them well, and in general to help try and keep them out of landfills as much as humanly possible

[catalystcomet]

Can we talk about how thrift stores are charging even more money even though the clothes are worth less?

Edit: and they get them for *free*?

[SaskiaTheBoss]

the dark lighting was actually better for us workers! sometimes the lights gets really hot, ppl spray perfume all day, the music is so loud, a lot of us got dizzy, light headed, some even passed out while organizing the dressing room

[Gustavo-knnf]

To me, the most obvious example is Levi's. Their blue Jeans would easily last about 10 years, now you're lucky if they last 3.

[bolshevikYK]

I swear to god every video I watch about "why is XYZ product or service so shitty now?" contains a segment about "...and then private equity started buying everything." EVERY SINGLE TIME

[reasol]

This shows why 2000s fashion is coming back so quickly; it’s easier to find second-hand than any older vintage yet still of an actually wearable quality.

[crystalwaters]

as someone who thrifts majority of my clothes, when I go to the mall with my friends I never end up buying anything because the poor quality clothing is more expensive, never fits right, and because it’s poor quality you can’t as easily alter the clothes because of how thin the fabric is