Anonymous wrote:H&M, Walmart, Loft, Target are all crappy quality, but the winner of this category has to -- wait for it -- Forever 21.

I've had clothes develop rips and holes from there within days of purchase. It's like they use disintegrating thread or yarn or something! Strange.

I don't shop at any of those places, either.

Shopped for clothes at a Target in Florida because the airline lost my luggage. That was the first and last time I shopped for clothes at Target.

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.

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

A couple of years ago I bought two knit tops by Isaac Mizrahi at Target. They have held up very nicely. Last year I bought a stretch bronze belt there that I wear all the time. I later saw the exact belt at Lord and Taylor, but at a higher price point.

I have totally given up on nice clothes for my older teenager--she seems to ruin everything so I stick to Target and second hand stores for her. Old fashioned I guess, but I feel that if you are paying a lot of money for quality clothes they must be well cared for and kept for years.

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.

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Anonymous wrote:I find some of their clothes to be attractive in the store but overall, I find them to be a bit off in terms of fit and drape. I've bought a couple of things in a pinch that I've worn once or twice. Overall, it feels cheaply made. I consider it to be disposable clothing.

Yes. Disposable. Exactly. Wear it once, discard. Never wear the same thing twice. Some may not like that quality, to me it is a real selling point.

I see no point in spending $300 on a pair of jeans - I don't want to wear them, wash them over and over and over again. How tedious.

The body makes the clothes. The clothes do not make the body.

This is hilarious. You sound like a downmarket Paris Hilton.

Whatever. You can have ONE pair of new jeans this week or an entire brand new wardrobe. Your call, no need to get catty about it.

A true upscale woman can afford to buy an entire expensive wardrobe this week--so, I don't think this comment has relevance to the topic at hand.

I've already explained that I would rather spend $7 on a disposable top than $70 on a disposable top. Just because I can afford to spend more money each week at a more pricey store doesn't mean that I see any value in doing it. Target is fine by me.

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.

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Anonymous wrote:I find some of their clothes to be attractive in the store but overall, I find them to be a bit off in terms of fit and drape. I've bought a couple of things in a pinch that I've worn once or twice. Overall, it feels cheaply made. I consider it to be disposable clothing.

Yes. Disposable. Exactly. Wear it once, discard. Never wear the same thing twice. Some may not like that quality, to me it is a real selling point.

I see no point in spending $300 on a pair of jeans - I don't want to wear them, wash them over and over and over again. How tedious.

The body makes the clothes. The clothes do not make the body.

Oh my god. You are what's wrong with consumerism.

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.

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Anonymous wrote:I find some of their clothes to be attractive in the store but overall, I find them to be a bit off in terms of fit and drape. I've bought a couple of things in a pinch that I've worn once or twice. Overall, it feels cheaply made. I consider it to be disposable clothing.

Yes. Disposable. Exactly. Wear it once, discard. Never wear the same thing twice. Some may not like that quality, to me it is a real selling point.

I see no point in spending $300 on a pair of jeans - I don't want to wear them, wash them over and over and over again. How tedious.

The body makes the clothes. The clothes do not make the body.

This is hilarious. You sound like a downmarket Paris Hilton.

Whatever. You can have ONE pair of new jeans this week or an entire brand new wardrobe. Your call, no need to get catty about it.

A true upscale woman can afford to buy an entire expensive wardrobe this week--so, I don't think this comment has relevance to the topic at hand.

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.

+1 I had no idea that people actually will throw an item of clothing away after one (or even just a couple of) wearings. I don't even like to eat of single use paper plates because I feel guilty about the waste.

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.

+1! Where have we been?!!!

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.

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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.