Problems that don't happen with actually good clothes.

If you buy from (It's mostly menswear brands here, sorry ladies) companies who specialize in actually quality vs "fake exclusivity", trends, or hype, than you'll never have to worry about this.

I'm specifically talking about selvedge denim brands (i.e. brave star, naked and famous, the osaka 5 brands, etc) high end leather makers (i.e. Horween, Shinki, and the people who make stuff with them like Schott), goodyear welted boots/shoes (i.e. Whites, Nicks, Grant Stone, Meermin, etc), high end made in the USA brands (i.e. Gustin) - this will literally never happen. It's far too damaging for them to destroy any kinds of their stock given it's natural exclusivity and the fact that they always sell basically everything they've got.

The fact that they had to pass this ban at all is a signal that normies are bad at buying clothes, and they should feel really bad about it too.

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drecked 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

The assumption here is that clothes are being thrown away because they are worn out.

Except that’s not why the majority of clothes are thrown away. The real reason they are thrown away is because of size changes and fashionability.

HN probably has an over representation of the types of people who wear out clothes and even here it’s likely a minority that actually do wear out clothes.

	▲	Der_Einzige 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		GLP-1's solve this, now you're basically only losing weight and eventually (i.e. the 2030s) most people won't fluctuate much in weight. So, try again on "changing sizes". Yes I'm aware that children grow up rapidly and need new clothes. Don't buy goodyear welted boots for your 7 year old. The best fashion is timeless, and that's why heritage fashion is far superior to trends. Coincidentally, it's why the brands I listed above are exclusively heritage brands, who have basically no regards for trends. There's a reason HN is poorly dressed. I'd rather take the "only dresses with startup T-shirt" guy over the "I've gotta have the Sydney Sweeney Jeans" person, and especially over the sneakerhead crowd which now thinks Hoka and NB is superior to Nike.

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blackqueeriroh 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Wow, you know what never happens? People changing size.

	▲	WalterBright 3 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		> People changing size. I was curious why I no longer was able to wear pants I wore in my 20s. I could not get them over my hips. It wasn't because I was getting fatter, my weight is about the same. I was also intrigued by young men looking slim in the hips, and older men not. So I looked it up. Turns out that your hips grow wider with age. I'd never heard of this before! Though I did know one's ears got bigger. Too bad my shoulders never get wider, and my height shrinks :-/ My feet have gotten considerably wider with age, too.
	▲	philipallstar 3 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		And that's why companies destroy unsold stock? How?