It's Not Just Shein: Why Are ALL Your Clothes Worse Now?

My favorite part of this is that spending more money on something does absolutely nothing to guarantee the quality of a product. Absolute garbage is being sold as high end.

I swear to god every video I watch about "why is XYZ product or service so shitty now?" contains a segment about "...and then private equity started buying everything." EVERY SINGLE TIME

Indian govt banned SheIn and TikTok. People don’t talk about this much but this was a brilliant move.

I will never forgive the person who first decided it was a good idea to put elastane in jeans. Everytime I need a new pair of jeans, I have to go store to store and dig through jeans like a damn prospector to find that "one" pair of jeans that is 100% cotton.

Even fabric to sew your own clothes is not good anymore. The entire textile industry has just plummeted.

Can we talk about how thrift stores are charging even more money even though the clothes are worth less?

Is this… real journalism?!?! I thought we all agreed not to do that anymore! Seriously though, solid video

I live in an area that was once a major textile hub. In the late 1980’s a woman and I were shopping and in disgust she said she had once worked quality control at a major mill. She said nothing on the racks would have passed inspection. I sew and can’t even locate fabric that I would consider purchasing. We must bring back our own industries and start exporting quality products and not importing junk.

Almost impossible to find 100% wool, linen, or silk in stores. Everything is plastic! which makes you hotter in the summer since it traps body heat. I hate it

When private equity gets involved in anything it goes to hell.

My biggest complaint is shoes. When I was a teenager, shoes had weight to them! They were made of genuine leather and other durable materials. Now, they are basically made of plastic and styrofoam and sold for more money! And, most of all, they don’t last!

It's insane how it always comes down to both Greed & Dishonesty that ruins EVERYTHING for the masses!....

Fast fashion is wild, it's like "we have this material that will take centuries to break down, and with it we've made clothes that you can wear once"

I buy pretty much all of my clothes from thrift stores, and the fast fashion industry is starting to ruin those, too. They're filling up with garbage plastic clothes, it's tragic. Real wool and cotton is getting rarer and rarer. Occasionally an old man dies and a few silk shirts show up, but it's rare.

Another “fun” fact about polyester clothing: As we wash our clothing, some of the microplastics come out and end up in the ocean with the rest of our laundry water.

This is so true, the buttons fall off easier, the material is thinner, the hems are uneven, the thread is less durable and much of the hems start to fail after one wash.

It’s either trendy and cheaply made “affordable” fashion that goes to landfill in a few years, or a baggy plain dress from an “ethical” company that costs $200+. And the thrift stores are ruined thanks to the resellers.

It’s so depressing. Everything feels gross, looks gross, everything feels cheap

One type of clothing that has 'gone bad' is flannels, worn by those of us lucky enough to live someplace that actually gets cold part of the year. Flannel used to be fuzzy & was a heavy, 'thick' material. Formerly excellent stores (think Land's End or others) flannels are thin as regular cotton and barely have any nap to them at all. I'll grab a flannel shirt on a cold day, and honestly, they are now so thin you can wear them year round. I feel quite sorry for people in places like Manitoba and Michigan where winters deserve more than a 'suggestion' of warmth in flannel tops.

I'm an outfit repeater, black T-shirt and Jeans everyday. Makes things simple