Fashion

[ECBG]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCF1A6uc7jw

[SahmIam]

I watched the video. Her comments regarding Barney's requirements for a new vendor to sell through them is similar to QVC and HSN regarding an up and coming. She left out the skyrocketing rent that the landlord wanted as part of the plan to eliminate large fashion vendors in order to turn the buildings into luxury condos. (which is topic worthy of its own thread) as a huge part of why they closed their doors (sadly).

I found the comments below her video more interesting, to be honest. There are many gold nuggets to take away if you read and then sit back and think. "Fast Fashion" is just one part of much bigger picture today and it's frightening.

[ECBG]

@SahmIam This designer has very high integrity about everything and is a true professional.  I subscribe to her on you tube for her two shirt postings each week.

She studied at Parsons with Tim Gunn, is French and working in Berlin which she says is becoming a fashion capital.

[Nonametoday]

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@SahmIam wrote:

I watched the video. Her comments regarding Barney's requirements for a new vendor to sell through them is similar to QVC and HSN regarding an up and coming. She left out the skyrocketing rent that the landlord wanted as part of the plan to eliminate large fashion vendors in order to turn the buildings into luxury condos. (which is topic worthy of its own thread) as a huge part of why they closed their doors (sadly).

I found the comments below her video more interesting, to be honest. There are many gold nuggets to take away if you read and then sit back and think. "Fast Fashion" is just one part of much bigger picture today and it's frightening.

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@SahmIam 

There were no skyrocketing rentals in the areas in the south which once produced most of the garments like the Carolinas, Alabama, Georgia and Louisiana.  These were the bread-and-butter of the people there. 

Politicians ran them out while promising labor unions and high union wages which were not forthcoming.  Instead, the industry went to China because the Wall Street people who fund the politicians found that more profitable. 

Many, many people who worked for the lower living wage but were living on that wage were put out of work and onto the public dole.  The issue with global warming is all related to profit and that is what is happening now.  The high tech/robot industry is coming and the slave labor is no longer needed because Wall Streeters do not have to pay health and life insurance on robots and cheap technology.

[Nonametoday]

I remember a time when garments were made here and in Europe and we had great clothing. We had beautiful textiles and those textiles were mostly made in the southeastern USA.  We enjoyed them.  We had fewer clothes but we had better clothes and clothing that made us as proud as the haute couture industry finds their garments now.  In fact, much of what I wore because my grandmother made it and she made it of beautiful textiles would now be considered haute couture.  She hand embroidered and hand-tucked much of my clothing.  She drew patterns and cut those patterns and a lot of my school dresses had French seaming, something not even seen in much of the more expensive clothing nowadays.

[QueenDanceALot]

Good for her for speaking out against these unethical and inhumane practices.

I hope all of these places go under,

[SahmIam]

@ECBG  I agree she is a true professional and about her integrity. I also subscribe to her channel. Nothing I mentioned in my post cast any doubt on her character; it was simply a comment ADDING to what she mentioned in her commentary.

[SahmIam]

@Nonametoday  I am fully aware of this. I simply said that the comments under her commentary contained nuggets of information that many may find interesting if they sit back and contemplate what was posted by viewers from all over the world.

As for robotics and cheap labor: anyone who didn't see this coming didn't want to see it coming. I'll add this too: Amazon is a parasite but people don't care. As long as they get their stuff cheap and overnight, that's what matters....until it's too late.

[Nonametoday]

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@SahmIam wrote:

@Nonametoday  I am fully aware of this. Is there a reason you're directing your comment towards my post?  Did I state anything about political? No. I simply said that the comments under her commentary contained nuggets of information that many may find interesting if they sit back and contemplate what was posted by viewers from all over the world.

As for robotics and cheap labor: anyone who didn't see this coming didn't want to see it coming. I'll add this too: Amazon is a parasite but people don't care. As long as they get their stuff cheap and overnight, that's what matters....until it's too late.

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@SahmIam 

No, I think you are generalizing one area for all areas.  That is all.  I just think there are more reasons than the one you stated and I think the biggest problem began with politicians making promises which broke the backs of the industry.

[SahmIam]

@Nonametoday  I edited my post because I thought perhaps I was taking what you wrote out of context: I realize now I should have left it as is.

I am not generalizing ANYTHING. Please point out what you think I'm generalizing about.  I'm simply adding TO the conversation of Justine. Of COURSE there are multiple reasons. It didn't happen overnight. It is definitely not one thing that gave us throw-away fashion. Issues such as wage-stagnation, corporate policies and greed; decisions made to cater to shareholders.....the list goes on and on. 

The buying public is also to blame; consumerism and the need to have it now, fast and cheap. But wait! Cheap is also what some can ONLY afford. And now we go down another path of multiple issues as to why that is. 

Generalization? Hardly.