Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I challenge the premise. People did not look better in the 80s.

I disagree. People were much more put together and it was easier to to it because, as someone said earlier in the thread, there were fewer choices.
Try navigating the world of fashion and clothing today with ADHD....there are WAY too many choices.
I'm really into building a sustainable life in every area, so what I do is thrift. I look at fashion blogs to tell what is "in" and of the looks I like, I'll search out those brands and styles on thredup. I generally pay 75% off retail for natural fabrics and am not contributing to the insane plastic problem we have today.

I agree with that PP -- people did not look better in the 80s. I think you are looking back with rose colored glasses.

Nobody owes you a put-together look.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m finding that, to really look put together, I have to spend much more per item to get well made clothes which means I have a much smaller volume of things I can buy. But wow the difference is shocking. I’m basically shifting to the 1950s model: fewer items in closet but the things in there are fabulous and fit perfectly. Getting there requires spending more money and time per item. So that makes me think a lot of this is the fast fashion sloppy tailoring in most of the shops these days. It is made to stretch and fit a wide range but not actually flatter most of us.

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I agree with this. It’s harder to look nice because of all the cheap clothes - peoples closets are packed with too many things - it is overwhelming and the default out to give up. In the early 2000s the show What Not to Wear addressed this problem - I miss that show!

Anonymous wrote:Quality of clothing was better in terms of fit, fabric and construction. People ate far smaller portions back then. The crazy for fast fashion and gluttonous servings started in the mid to late 90s.

Anonymous wrote:I’m finding that, to really look put together, I have to spend much more per item to get well made clothes which means I have a much smaller volume of things I can buy. But wow the difference is shocking. I’m basically shifting to the 1950s model: fewer items in closet but the things in there are fabulous and fit perfectly. Getting there requires spending more money and time per item. So that makes me think a lot of this is the fast fashion sloppy tailoring in most of the shops these days. It is made to stretch and fit a wide range but not actually flatter most of us.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m finding that, to really look put together, I have to spend much more per item to get well made clothes which means I have a much smaller volume of things I can buy. But wow the difference is shocking. I’m basically shifting to the 1950s model: fewer items in closet but the things in there are fabulous and fit perfectly. Getting there requires spending more money and time per item. So that makes me think a lot of this is the fast fashion sloppy tailoring in most of the shops these days. It is made to stretch and fit a wide range but not actually flatter most of us.

I am wanting to go this route. I am in the process of purging my closet of stuff I will never wear. I would love to invest in some worthwhile pieces. Any recs on places to look for those quality pieces.

Anonymous wrote:I’m finding that, to really look put together, I have to spend much more per item to get well made clothes which means I have a much smaller volume of things I can buy. But wow the difference is shocking. I’m basically shifting to the 1950s model: fewer items in closet but the things in there are fabulous and fit perfectly. Getting there requires spending more money and time per item. So that makes me think a lot of this is the fast fashion sloppy tailoring in most of the shops these days. It is made to stretch and fit a wide range but not actually flatter most of us.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I challenge the premise. People did not look better in the 80s.

I disagree. People were much more put together and it was easier to to it because, as someone said earlier in the thread, there were fewer choices.
Try navigating the world of fashion and clothing today with ADHD....there are WAY too many choices.
I'm really into building a sustainable life in every area, so what I do is thrift. I look at fashion blogs to tell what is "in" and of the looks I like, I'll search out those brands and styles on thredup. I generally pay 75% off retail for natural fabrics and am not contributing to the insane plastic problem we have today.

Anonymous wrote:I challenge the premise. People did not look better in the 80s.