How to assess the quality of garments (2014)

Re:How to assess the quality of garments (2014) by distances on Tuesday July 23, 2019 @07:06AM (#20505810)

I think there's a middle ground. I bought 110€ winter shoes 11-12 years ago and they've worked fine (with one resoling) this far -- now I've worn through the inner material and will probably have to find a new pair.

Same for my 100€ winter jacket, sits and looks great still after 10 years. It's def not lovingly handcrafted but a level up from fast fashion anyway.

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Re:How to assess the quality of garments (2014) by vanderZwan on Tuesday July 23, 2019 @08:07AM (#20506057)

So in short: Vimes' "Boots" Theory of Economic Injustice is incomplete without taking the Pareto Principle into consideration as well

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Re:How to assess the quality of garments (2014) by natmaka on Tuesday July 23, 2019 @08:42AM (#20506240)

Many (most?) types of expensive things are thought to be "more durable" because their users take much more care of them (because they are expensive!) than of their cheap equivalent.

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