No One Wants Your Used Clothes Anymore

[Maple Leaf]

This is not a good news!

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No One Wants Your Used Clothes Anymore Between 2000 and 2015, global clothing production doubled, while the average number of times that a garment was worn before disposal declined by 36 percent. In China, it declined by 70 percent. The rise of "fast fashion" is thus creating a bleak scenario: The tide of secondhand clothes keeps growing even as the markets to reuse them are disappearing. Read full story

[Fairy Cardmaker]

the industry will have to try to refocus consumers on durability and quality -- and charge accordingly

Thank heavens! I've been saying this for years. I refuse to buy from some very trendy stores that are low-price but low quality. I mean, some of the clothing looks threadbare on the rack. I can imagine 5 washes before it starts wearing out. Ridiculous!

I wore 4th generation hand-me downs into my 20's. Those clothes were built to last. (Mind you, growing children don't wear pieces as along as adults.) My mom was good at altering a few pieces here and there so it was a smidge different than what the 3 people before me wore.

Today, my wardrobe is small and, therefore, repetitive, but I don't care. I wear what is comfortable and durable. I want durable, quality, clothes, not quantity.