Fascinating, but the loss of the three month production cycle really isn't a sign of something good.
The TLDR here is that an explosion in low cost labour (Korean immigrant garment makers) destroyed the established system by providing higher quality goods for cheaper prices, but essentially in limited stock.
It's basically like Discount Flooring. I can buy Hardwood flooring for $6 a sqft and I'm guaranteed I can buy enough to floor my whole house, better yet I'm guaranteed I can come back in 6 months and get more. So I can buy enough for my main floor and come back later for my second floor. This is how clothing used to be. You could find a pair of jeans that fit you perfect and 6 months from now you could find the same pair.
Or I could go to a discount floorer, I get it at an amazing price $1.25 a sqft. That's fucking phenomenal... max 150 sqft because that's their entire stock. I can't floor my living room with 150 sqft. So to floor my entire house I'm going to have 8 different styles of hardwood? No. But that's what my damn dresser is. I've got jeans that are a dozen different styles and a dozen different fits.
I've sworn off retailers because I can't wear their jeans for certain activities. I've got a pair that I should have thrown out two years ago because they fit great, but whenever I go to crouch it feels like I'm going to hulk them because they're poorly tailored. So as long as I remain standing in them, I'm golden.
It's even worse in shirts. I have a long torso for my height, which means I can't let anyone buy me tshirts as gifts. My mum sent me a shirt for my birthday, it hits my bellybutton.
The new trend of fast fashion isn't an improvement, it's turned it into a race to the bottom. Gone are the days you could get quality clothing from any store at any time. Now it's bargain hunting in big box stores. You have to get lucky to even find anything worthy of paying that double discounted price.
The TLDR here is that an explosion in low cost labour (Korean immigrant garment makers) destroyed the established system by providing higher quality goods for cheaper prices, but essentially in limited stock.
It's basically like Discount Flooring. I can buy Hardwood flooring for $6 a sqft and I'm guaranteed I can buy enough to floor my whole house, better yet I'm guaranteed I can come back in 6 months and get more. So I can buy enough for my main floor and come back later for my second floor. This is how clothing used to be. You could find a pair of jeans that fit you perfect and 6 months from now you could find the same pair.
Or I could go to a discount floorer, I get it at an amazing price $1.25 a sqft. That's fucking phenomenal... max 150 sqft because that's their entire stock. I can't floor my living room with 150 sqft. So to floor my entire house I'm going to have 8 different styles of hardwood? No. But that's what my damn dresser is. I've got jeans that are a dozen different styles and a dozen different fits.
I've sworn off retailers because I can't wear their jeans for certain activities. I've got a pair that I should have thrown out two years ago because they fit great, but whenever I go to crouch it feels like I'm going to hulk them because they're poorly tailored. So as long as I remain standing in them, I'm golden.
It's even worse in shirts. I have a long torso for my height, which means I can't let anyone buy me tshirts as gifts. My mum sent me a shirt for my birthday, it hits my bellybutton.
The new trend of fast fashion isn't an improvement, it's turned it into a race to the bottom. Gone are the days you could get quality clothing from any store at any time. Now it's bargain hunting in big box stores. You have to get lucky to even find anything worthy of paying that double discounted price.