https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/sobering Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Sat, 16 May 2026 15:38:34 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/sobering#post-1792644 Wed, 29 Mar 2017 14:37:56 +0000 Anonymous 1792644@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Definitely sobering. After watching the movie The True Cost during the new year holiday, I have been trying to explore more sustainable brands. It is interesting how challenging it can be to figure out the pros and cons of any given brand, some are more transparent than others. Continued suggestions such as that from La Pedestrienne regarding brands that are working to make fashion more eco friendly would be appreciated. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/sobering#post-1792640 Wed, 29 Mar 2017 14:34:41 +0000 JAileen 1792640@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Sobering, indeed. Thanks for sharing. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/sobering#post-1792634 Wed, 29 Mar 2017 14:26:20 +0000 LaPed 1792634@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Okay, Angie, I'll be the optimist. Here's a piece that gives me hope. On some of the steps Levi's is taking to create sustainable, long-lasting products:&nbsp;</p> <p><a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.fastcompany.com/3067895/levis-is-radically-redefining-sustainability">https://www.fastcompany.com/30.....ainability</a></p> <p>The 7-wears statistic cited in the article <b>jenanded</b><b></b><b> </b>linked is so alarming to me. I could understand for an evening gown tor other formalwear hat only gets worn once or twice a year -- but for everyday clothes like jeans and t-shirts, the idea that people are only getting a week's worth of use out of these things before they end up in a landfill is pretty disheartening.&nbsp;</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/sobering#post-1792621 Wed, 29 Mar 2017 14:09:11 +0000 Angie 1792621@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Sobering and sad.&nbsp;</p> <p>Okay. We need some good news around here.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/sobering#post-1792608 Wed, 29 Mar 2017 13:53:56 +0000 Anonymous 1792608@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thank you, <b>Jenanded</b>.&nbsp; I have been aware of this for a while, but I always appreciate the reminder.&nbsp; I will spare you my many, many thoughts on this subject because I have already spent an hour on the soap box and people are going to start going down other hallways when they see me coming ..... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/sobering#post-1792538 Wed, 29 Mar 2017 08:17:16 +0000 Sisi 1792538@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Wow. Very, very interesting article. Thank you Jenanded. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/sobering#post-1792523 Wed, 29 Mar 2017 07:00:42 +0000 Inge 1792523@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Sad and sobering indeed.</p> <p>Jenni - Of course. I'll use both links in tomorrow's blog post. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/sobering#post-1792499 Wed, 29 Mar 2017 04:39:19 +0000 Barbara Diane 1792499@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Wow, somehow this makes it more real. Really disturbing. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/sobering#post-1792497 Wed, 29 Mar 2017 04:28:38 +0000 Jenni NZ 1792497@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks Jen. There is a link on the same page as the article to the Baptist World Aid Australia report, grading companies. That one made me decide to not buy from Seed, and a TV programme in NZ I saw last year made me decide not to buy from the Just Group ( ironic name) - Just Jeans, Jay-Jays etc as they don't know their supply chain properly. I am partly counting wears for this reason and slowly trying to improve my purchasing decisions in an ethical way while not getting wound up and/or wallowing in guilt.<br /> Inge could you put the links in a blog post? Jenni </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/sobering#post-1792493 Wed, 29 Mar 2017 04:10:38 +0000 rachylou 1792493@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I should count how many wears period I get out of any garment. Because I bought a couple of tees and they were pretty trashed after two wears and a wash between. I'm still wearing them - they were meant for the bakery and slightly trashed is ok - but the bad quality is striking. The worst I've ever encountered. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/sobering#post-1792464 Wed, 29 Mar 2017 02:12:09 +0000 Jaime 1792464@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Sickening really, and in a literal way.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/sobering#post-1792444 Wed, 29 Mar 2017 01:38:05 +0000 dakotacheryl 1792444@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>So sad and sobering indeed.</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/sobering#post-1792442 Wed, 29 Mar 2017 01:31:37 +0000 Anonymous 1792442@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thank you for this. It is a sober reminder of our responsibilities. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/sobering#post-1792426 Tue, 28 Mar 2017 23:49:08 +0000 Sal 1792426@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks for sharing.</p> <p>We all need to keep on keeping on in this area, it is so easy to be tempted into new and cheap...I certainly can be and have.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/sobering#post-1792408 Tue, 28 Mar 2017 22:17:24 +0000 Style Fan 1792408@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Very sobering. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/sobering#post-1792365 Tue, 28 Mar 2017 20:00:12 +0000 jenanded 1792365@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>This story is in the Australian news... Predicting the latest fashion colours by the shade of local rivers in developing countries....<br /> <a href="http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-03-28/the-price-of-fast-fashion-rivers-turn-blue-tonnes-in-landfill/8389156" rel="nofollow">http://www.abc.net.au/news/201.....ll/8389156</a> </p>