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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]People earning high incomes and then bragging about buying their clothes at target and zara are insufferable and irresponsible. Our HHI is not high but I try to buy sustainably produced products and you don't get them at Target or Zara. You don't have to buy luxury products becaus often they are not produced in a sustainable manner. But try at least to inform about stainably produced products and stop being proud of consumig fast fashion. [/quote]

Many aren’t made sustainably and many sustainable brands aren’t designer.  Wearing a target tshirt for 5 years isn’t somehow less sustainable than wearing a Celine tshirt for 5 years.  Thrift designer or not designer if you want the morally superior route [/quote]

Except the target items truly are designed to self-disintegrate in far less that 5 years both physically and in terms of fashion.  Sure a given designer item might be extremely delicate, but that doesn't have to be the choice.  When it comes to trends, the item subtly ahead of trend today is still wearable on it's way out.  The mass market item, even if aggressively middle-of-the-road from inception, will be more recognized as tied to a point in time and rejected more quickly. Just walk through a thrift store, it's very clear how quickly mass market trends run their course.[/quote]

It's honestly hard to know what will last and what won't.  I have a $25ish pencil skirt from H&M (bought as a law student for my summer job) that I have been wearing for 15 years and it still looks good.  Meanwhile many Theory and Boss workwear items have become threadbare in that time.[/quote]

That's on the buyer at any price point.  There are always exceptions, but quality cut/construction/material will generally last better and correlate to purchase price.  There's no better source for a pencil skirt in a dark color than Real Real. They're a common item and they photograph poorly, so they can be had for $12 from designer brands.  Still years of life left and superior fit.[/quote]

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