Funny, I was just reading about this the other day.
Apparently, Caulfield’s statement, as it stands, often appears in media, but is somewhat of an urban myth….
and the price and/or stylishness of the clothing has little to do with it…. except as it affects the speed of its disposal and replacement.
It’s not the fashion industry… which BTW should be read as the clothing industry, and absolutely includes Frazz’s race shirts and fancy bike gear….
But the fabric industry…. including such things as upholstery and linens.
Bleaching, dying, chemical treatments, etc are major polluters of the world’s water supply…
The modern propensity for “fast fashion”….
buying new, and quickly throwing away, or hoarding (lookin’ at you, Frazz) ,perfectly wearable clothing…
contributes greatly to the “need” for ever larger supplies of freshly processed fiber.
You don’t have to be an Anna Wintour, or an Instagram “influencer”, to buy way too many T-shirts and jeans…. and toss them when you’re tired of the color.
But the hard numbers to prove anything about the position of clothing or fabric manufacturers in the ranks of polluters are not available.
Still…. what IS known, is that it’s enough to be a problem.
I was interested because I used to be a vintage clothing seller….
and I’ve always thought it was rather obvious that buying second hand clothing (and other stuff) is a better idea for the planet.
Office fashion has changed dramatically over the past generation. I went from military uniforms to having to decide what to wear daily, right down to the socks. Never wore jeans and only wore chinos when it was a snowy day. Dress slacks, short or long sleeve shirt, Bostonians or Clark’s. Nobody, and I mean nobody, commented on my dress code…until I was about to retire…and it was the ladies.
Blog PostsFrazz 14 hrs · 12/19/2019/T-1064 Thursday (86)
It’s an interesting trio to admire: Barack Obama, Steve Jobs and Quoyle from The Shipping News. Whatever the three don’t have in common, which would be just about everything, I admire them for their fashion sense. Specifically, their fashion minimalism. Jobs famously wore a black t-shirt and a pair of jeans every day. Obama noted he had only a black suit and a blue suit because there were enough bigger decisions to be made that he didn’t want to complicate things any more than he needed to. And while there’s a lot to like about The Shipping News in general, one of my inexplicably very favorite parts — it was just a line, really, but E. Annie Proulx makes them all count — was when Quoyle went to a funeral in the same oxblood sweater he wore every day.
It’s a false admiration, of course. I’d love to know just how many identical black t-shirts or jeans Jobs owned at any given time, how much they retailed for and how many times he wore each item before he replaced it. I suspect Obama was reverse exaggerating, and that he could easily have delegated that decision in any event. Also that he wore a khaki suit once and caught holy hell for it from people apparently apparently with internet access but not a whole lot else going on in their lives at the time. Quoyle isn’t even a real person. And for a minimalist fashion bumpkin wannabe myself, I have enough t-shirts alone to buy one bottle of Rit and zero shirts and go Steve Jobs for the rest of my life.
I’m trying. But with mixed success. If I see an Irish wool fishermen’s sweater in oxblood for sale, I can’t be held responsible for my actions.
mddshubby2005 almost 5 years ago
If the running shoe industry is a subset of the fashion industry, he isn’t.
Bilan almost 5 years ago
What? Having over a hundred race shirts doesn’t make Frazz a fashionista?
pschearer Premium Member almost 5 years ago
The fashion industry? One of the world’s biggest polluters? How does that work?
JasonBall almost 5 years ago
An excellent, unexpected burn. Well done strip today, Jef!
asrialfeeple almost 5 years ago
That would make Mother Nature aka the Earth, the biggest fashion victim of them all.
SusanSunshine Premium Member almost 5 years ago
Funny, I was just reading about this the other day.
Apparently, Caulfield’s statement, as it stands, often appears in media, but is somewhat of an urban myth….
and the price and/or stylishness of the clothing has little to do with it…. except as it affects the speed of its disposal and replacement.
It’s not the fashion industry… which BTW should be read as the clothing industry, and absolutely includes Frazz’s race shirts and fancy bike gear….
But the fabric industry…. including such things as upholstery and linens.
Bleaching, dying, chemical treatments, etc are major polluters of the world’s water supply…
The modern propensity for “fast fashion”….
buying new, and quickly throwing away, or hoarding (lookin’ at you, Frazz) ,perfectly wearable clothing…
contributes greatly to the “need” for ever larger supplies of freshly processed fiber.
You don’t have to be an Anna Wintour, or an Instagram “influencer”, to buy way too many T-shirts and jeans…. and toss them when you’re tired of the color.
But the hard numbers to prove anything about the position of clothing or fabric manufacturers in the ranks of polluters are not available.
Still…. what IS known, is that it’s enough to be a problem.
I was interested because I used to be a vintage clothing seller….
and I’ve always thought it was rather obvious that buying second hand clothing (and other stuff) is a better idea for the planet.
The Old Wolf almost 5 years ago
What is this kid going to be like when he’s 25? It would be a shame to waste all that on stand-up comedy.
fuzzbucket Premium Member almost 5 years ago
If you don’t like my fashion statement, quit listening.
MS72 almost 5 years ago
What is “off the hook” other than older telephones?
Ignatz Premium Member almost 5 years ago
Not a good burn, since people who don’t dress fashionably don’t CARE that they don’t dress fashionably.
Old Girl almost 5 years ago
He’s saying that Frazz is clearly NOT a fashion plate.
Jimmyk939 almost 5 years ago
Office fashion has changed dramatically over the past generation. I went from military uniforms to having to decide what to wear daily, right down to the socks. Never wore jeans and only wore chinos when it was a snowy day. Dress slacks, short or long sleeve shirt, Bostonians or Clark’s. Nobody, and I mean nobody, commented on my dress code…until I was about to retire…and it was the ladies.
micromos almost 5 years ago
The jargon now is utility post/peg!
flying spaghetti monster almost 5 years ago
in another part of the world a child Caulfields age is assembling the clothes, running shoes for 10 hrs a day.
Kind&Kinder almost 5 years ago
I think his statement about the fashion industry and Frazz being off the hook is meant only to insult the way Frazz dresses. Very funny!
Night-Gaunt49[Bozo is Boffo] almost 5 years ago
Blog PostsFrazz 14 hrs · 12/19/2019/T-1064 Thursday (86)
It’s an interesting trio to admire: Barack Obama, Steve Jobs and Quoyle from The Shipping News. Whatever the three don’t have in common, which would be just about everything, I admire them for their fashion sense. Specifically, their fashion minimalism. Jobs famously wore a black t-shirt and a pair of jeans every day. Obama noted he had only a black suit and a blue suit because there were enough bigger decisions to be made that he didn’t want to complicate things any more than he needed to. And while there’s a lot to like about The Shipping News in general, one of my inexplicably very favorite parts — it was just a line, really, but E. Annie Proulx makes them all count — was when Quoyle went to a funeral in the same oxblood sweater he wore every day.
It’s a false admiration, of course. I’d love to know just how many identical black t-shirts or jeans Jobs owned at any given time, how much they retailed for and how many times he wore each item before he replaced it. I suspect Obama was reverse exaggerating, and that he could easily have delegated that decision in any event. Also that he wore a khaki suit once and caught holy hell for it from people apparently apparently with internet access but not a whole lot else going on in their lives at the time. Quoyle isn’t even a real person. And for a minimalist fashion bumpkin wannabe myself, I have enough t-shirts alone to buy one bottle of Rit and zero shirts and go Steve Jobs for the rest of my life.
I’m trying. But with mixed success. If I see an Irish wool fishermen’s sweater in oxblood for sale, I can’t be held responsible for my actions.
Night-Gaunt49[Bozo is Boffo] almost 5 years ago
I knew someone who was a minimalist for clothes. Identical pale shirts and black pants.