Why Clothing Is So Much Worse Now.

Greetings, nerds. I'm compiling a list of the best affordable pieces of clothing on the market for a follow-up video. Please let me know your favs so I can test them! HAPPY SAT

The drew reference almost made me break my neck

I worked for Ralph Lauren 89-91. The quality of everything was like their most expensive Purple Label now. My old sweaters are so much better than anything I can find now, especially cashmere. Climate change has decreased quality in all natural fibers, fabric mills have disappeared so competition is reduced, and of course highly skilled workers are more rare. Even luxury goods are not as well made in general and cost proportionately more.

I hate how a lot of “cotton” t-shirts have polyester blends. Polyester just traps body heat, making them too hot to wear in the summer…a time when you want to wear a t-shirt.

I’ve been telling people for ages about how cheap clothes have hurt people’s sense of what stuff should be worth. Great video as always :)

I feel bad for plastic. We invented it and it solved SO many problems, allowed so much to be made at scale, and improved hundreds of millions of lives. We abused it, dumped it into our environment, burned it releasing toxic fumes, and then got all mad and blamed the material as opposed to our own patterns of greed and incompetence/indifference.

Crazy that my little town in a random bit of England is in some B-roll in an iron snail video (4:12)

Story time: I have been a follower of Theo and Harris since 2016. My viewership went way up while you were there. I didn't know what happened that one day, you weren't there any longer. One day, I saw a "recommended" video about denim, and to my surprise- it was Mikey! I have watched every new release of The Iron Snail since subbing. Your storytelling and attention to detail is captivating, and frankly why I haven't seen one of Christian's vids in months. Here's to your prosperity!

I still wear 20 year old shirts. 7 days? Wow.

"Some brands are going up in price while quality goes down." cough FILSON cough

Thanks for covering this. I’ve become aware of the amount of plastic in everything and synthetic fibers. Try finding a gray T-shirt that isn’t 10% poly. Or 100% cotton/wool socks. Everything is being blended with plastics and paper thin. A trend of cheap cotton clothing has been on the rise though I’m often surprised by the cotton articles found at big box stores or places like old navy.

I think your point about us not having a gauge for quality and price point is spot on. This might be something to explore further in another video. Loved the shoutout to Drew too, his channel is also great.

important to note that back then many people would just make their own clothes, and if they had a nice bought piece they would try their hardest to maintain it for years

It doesn't make sense to use the apparel industry inflation figures. We need to know how the prices of clothing have changed relative to the value of money overall.

The whole “an average piece of clothing is worn seven times before being discarded” statement is super suspect. That data was base on a census of 2,000 women 16 and up in the U.K. The charity that did the survey Barnardo does not have the data available anywhere online to scrutinize. It’s cited all over the place, but the actual source is not available as far as I can tell.

I cant wait to try out one of your t-shirts. I feel like a quality tee can be a nice entry point for most people getting into quality clothing. I commend you for doing this! Also the Mammoth jackets look sick too!

This is a great topic, I'm glad you did a video on it. Quality is still out there, but when you find it, are you willing to pay for it? Thanks for the video!

Great video. Thank you for this breakdown. We’ve been feeling the same way about what we’re releasing and desiring to go stateside for everything.

I wonder why this could be happening??? 1. Sellers increasing their margin by buying cheap product (that will require replacement often hence more sales) AND not making inspections (saving cost)? 2. Customs not being funded well enough to make sure any goods reaching the market are up to legal quality standards? 3. Regulation not strong enough (basically not punishing the importers of bad products) and fines not up to the challenge (slap on the wrist when caught)? 4. All of the above. In short, you pay peanuts, you get monkeys...

You editing skills‘re on point! 👍👍👍 Honestly youre an moviemaker!