The change from quality to quantity

If you've read my bio, then you'll have seen the part where I mention the fact that I could go on a rant about how much quality of clothing has decreased over the years; well this is that rant. 

I regularly go out to my local shopping centre to go inside of the main stores that are affiliated with the core of mainstream style in the 2000s, those being: Hollister, Victoria's Secret, and Abercrombie & Fitch, only to be greeted with unfinished hems on the bottom of joggers, pants which are seconds away from unraveling into a ball of thread and nothing but polyester everywhere I look. But why is this the case? Why is it that over the years, companies all over the world have slowly decreased the level of care and effort they put towards their products?

The short answer for this question would be money. If companies lower the quality of their products, they save money on productions costs, cost of raw materials and labour costs. Doing this allows the company to pump the finished product out more quickly, meaning they can sell more of it and increase their profits (as if they don't have enough already). From the perspective of a business, these are all pros, which don't bring any downsides to them as a company, because of course in their eyes, Those who provide the product aren't in the wrong, It's the ones who buy it. They know that no matter how much they worsen their quality, there will always be people willing to buy it, whether it be because they don't have enough money to spend on more expensive clothes that provide higher quality or simply because they are unable to find what they desire elsewhere.

This motive that businesses carry with them nowadays is mainly caused by the fast fashion model, which primarily took off during the pandemic, when everyone was stuck at home and fashion brands had to think of a way to keep their customers happy. But these large corporations are blinded by their greed and primal desire for money. Now in consequence to this mindset, our planet is being rapidly polluted and stripped of all its natural resources, as "The fashion industry is accountable for 10% of global carbon emissions, producing 1.2 billion tons of carbon dioxide annually. This is higher than emissions coming from international aviation and maritime shipping together."  Source: Statistic about carbon emissions

So in conclusion, this is a really large topic which has multiple layers of different factors affecting the final answer, which would take my forever to fully delve into, but this is just a brief summary of a rant. If you've read this far into my first blog entry then thank you ! That's all i have to say for now, but I will try to post blogs about other topics and personal interests of mine. 

Peace out