Upscale women do you now buy clothes for yourself at Target?

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Anonymous wrote:I must be the planet's biggest dumbass and un-fashionista. I've never even heard of disposable clothes. Or wearing something once and and then disposing of it. This thread is bizarre.

Of course they aren't actually marketed as disposable clothes. But that's how I refer to them and that is how I view them.

So you buy 7 new outfits a week? That sounds really awful. Why not just buy some nicer stuff you like?

What can I say? I like to shop and I like variety. It works for me.

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Anonymous wrote:What ISN'T poor quality, other than extremely expensive designer labels? And even a number of those companies have moved to Chinese manufacturing.

Yes. One of the reasons that I shop so much at Target now. I'd rather spend $7 on a disposable top than $75 on a disposable top.

Pleeeease tell me that when you say "disposable" you mean that you're donating this clothing somewhere and not literally disposing of it in the trash.

If it's still in good enough shape to donate, I donate. But I won't donate something that is worthy of the trash.

Aren't you the PP who wears something once and never again? If so, I sincerely doubt it's ready for the trash after that one wearing.

It depends on what I've been doing that day. If I manage to pop a button or put a hole or tear in an item of clothing, I generally just toss. If it doesn't look good after a single wash (I don't donate dirty clothes, I always wash first) into the trash it goes.

How often do you pop a button or rip your clothes? This is such a strange thread.

It doesn't happen all that often but it does happen enough to mention. It's far more likely for the clothes to come out of the wash looking worn. I suppose I could hand wash/line dry but I'm just not going to go through that for a t-shirt. Especially if I'm not ever going to wear it again. Easier just to toss/replace.

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How do you have time to shop so much to replace all of these clothes?

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Anonymous wrote:How do you have time to shop so much to replace all of these clothes?

I buy groceries once a week, why not clothes? At Target I can one stop shop. Fast, convenient.

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Anonymous wrote:What ISN'T poor quality, other than extremely expensive designer labels? And even a number of those companies have moved to Chinese manufacturing.

Yes. One of the reasons that I shop so much at Target now. I'd rather spend $7 on a disposable top than $75 on a disposable top.

Pleeeease tell me that when you say "disposable" you mean that you're donating this clothing somewhere and not literally disposing of it in the trash.

If it's still in good enough shape to donate, I donate. But I won't donate something that is worthy of the trash.

Aren't you the PP who wears something once and never again? If so, I sincerely doubt it's ready for the trash after that one wearing.

It depends on what I've been doing that day. If I manage to pop a button or put a hole or tear in an item of clothing, I generally just toss. If it doesn't look good after a single wash (I don't donate dirty clothes, I always wash first) into the trash it goes.

How often do you pop a button or rip your clothes? This is such a strange thread.

Maybe she is really fat,

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News flash, I know my jeans and I can spot cheap jeans a mile away.

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Anonymous wrote:This is a really bizarre thread. Most of the cheaper stores cut clothing for young, slim bodies because it's cheaper. Less tailoring required, fewer seams and details needed (thus, lower labor costs). But this thread really smacks of a few people trying too hard to convince everyone they're so wealthy and chic they dispose of clothing after one wear.

I agree, which is why it's so amusing that the clothes are coming from Target. And just the sheer insanity (and appalling wastefulness) of buying an entire new wardrobe every week at Target and then throwing it in the trash...I mean, who the fuck does that?

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Anonymous wrote:News flash, I know my jeans and I can spot cheap jeans a mile away.

So what? Is it amoral to wear inexpensive jeans?

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Anonymous wrote:News flash, I know my jeans and I can spot cheap jeans a mile away.

So what? Is it amoral to wear inexpensive jeans?

Yes

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Anonymous wrote:News flash, I know my jeans and I can spot cheap jeans a mile away.

So what? Is it amoral to wear inexpensive jeans?

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I have a pair of jeans from Old Navy that fit awesome and I get TONS of compliments on them. Really, I do.

They were $22.

I am sure the Jeans Police can spot that they aren't 7 for all Mankind or Joe's Jeans, but they make me look good, so fuck the (jeans) police!

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Anonymous wrote:News flash, I know my jeans and I can spot cheap jeans a mile away.

So what? Is it amoral to wear inexpensive jeans?

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True. Hard to say it's immoral though....

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Anonymous wrote:I just bought a tee dress there this weekend and loved it so much I bought another today. The key is a simple and nicely fitting fabric. Wash gentle and hang dry. It's basically nice enough that I'd liken it to one of those 50/50 American Apparel t dresses, maybe nicer.

And just so you know I'm upscale as shit, so yeah, it's possible.

+1. It all depends on the individual piece. I recently bought some fitted t-shirts at Target that I like much more than my t-shirts from Splendid, C&C California & Vince. The quality is simply better--cotton is thicker, the drape is better, and they hold up great in the wash. I wear other high-end brands but mix with lower-end items of good quality because I don't like to waste my money.

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Anonymous wrote:Target clothes are disposable. Wear one time. Then throw in garbage .

I gift my chambermaid with all of my hand-me-downs. Once I even let her leave early (9 PM) on Christmas Eve so she could get to CVS before it closed and buy one of those knock-off Barbies for her cross-eyed daughter. The child is insolent, but it was CHRISTMAS, after all.

I was briefly concerned you were serious, but

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Disposable PP is a troll, mocking our "disposable" culture.

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Anonymous wrote:I must be the planet's biggest dumbass and un-fashionista. I've never even heard of disposable clothes. Or wearing something once and and then disposing of it. This thread is bizarre.

There's a whole book about it, http://www.overdressedthebook.com. And these people who throw their clothes away like this are literally contributing to every major problem in the world right now.

It's a damn shame that Target has gone all to hell trying to keep up with Walmart. Back in the day (waaaay back, in the early to mid 90s), the clothes were very well made - frequently in America. In just the last few years, their T-shirts have gone from staples that I could wear for three years to rags in weeks.

Back in the day, the Gap also made some decent-quality clothes. My old black T-shirt from them still looks wearable.. unlike their new 'creations' that fall apart after one wash.

PP, I also read that book. Made me cringe. Yes, the quality of clothing's gone downhill pretty much across the board, but it's still possible to find well-made items and wear them more than once. Even more than twice (gasp!).