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I do agree with your sentiment of 'used clothes are perfectly okay to buy'. But no, I don't think buying new clothes is 'terrible'. Not even remotely. This thread is full of people who buy well made stuff that lasts for years. We aren't buying Gucci jumpers that go out of season or that fall apart because they're made of such delicate materials.
In the last year, I have purchased three new pieces of casual clothing. They were made in New York with fabric that was milled in the U.S., with cotton that was grown in the U.S. The footprint of that is far, far, far smaller than something that was made overseas with cotton that was shipped from one country to another, to be milled into cloth, which was then shipped to another country to be made into a garment, for it to then be shipped to the U.S. to be sold.
This thread has nothing to do with being a shopaholic or designer labels. Why should I have to be restricted to buying other people's hand me downs when there are people out there riding motorbikes (awful) and driving vans when they are a far worse pollutant than my small batch clothing purchases? Or when there are megacorps who are contributing 70% of the planets' greenhouse emissions? Or when there are people who DO buy fast fashion constantly? Or when there are people who use plastic water bottles and throw them in the trash instead of recycling?
I pick trash up on hiking trails and take it off the mountain to dispose of it because other people are too lazy to do so. I use 50% of the electricity as those in my neighbourhood (my city council tells me so). I'm not going to feel bad about buying new clothes that I like three times a year - especially when I also buy used clothes.
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I'm confident my footprint is very small. I try to be realistic about it. Fashion is one of the areas where it's easiest to reduce it. It's an easy win. To give a serious reply to your sarcasm, which may have been provoked by your guilt or shame, I don't oppose all breeding, for obvious reasons. But I do oppose excessive consumption of resources, including money. (Which is why I had to leave the watch thread - too many angry Rolex fans.) I'm surprised by your attitude. You can't deny that buying new clothes is terrible, unless you're a climate change denier, or an oblivious shopaholic, desperate for the next luxury label fix.