Renting Clothes Isn't As Sustainable As You Think...Or Is It?
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- Опубліковано 10 чер 2024
- A study came out in summer 2021 that allegedly said renting clothes was worse than buying them and throwing them away. Is this accurate? Let's get into the details.
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I just thrift in person and give away or redonate the clothing once I’m sick of it. I’ve found that you can usually find something that’ll work or you can borrow from a friend. I’ve only really rented snow clothes or supplies.
The concept of renting jeans is hilarious! Are people really out here just renting basic clothing items?
Yes, love borrowing things from people! And yeah, the jeans was a funny choice for the study. Most people don't rent jeans as far as I know hahaha, but I wonder if it was because there's a lot of existing studies on the emissions of jeans.
I love how you pick the study apart to look at the real details. I would love to see more videos like this.
Glad it was helpful! Definitely would be up for doing more of these :)
Thank you for this video! I love how you pointed out the insufficiencies in this study. It’s unfortunate that journalists don’t approach their work with the same level of nuance as you
Thank you for this! super clear and quality information
Glad it was helpful! :)
love bypur analysis and as always, your nuanced takes
I think this is interesting. I live in a college town and the sorority girls always have to look good. I thought it would be good for them but maybe not. Great study.
I think renting is certainly better than buying things you wear once, but it's still not ideal. I bet clothing swaps would be amazing within sororities though!
Very interesting video thanks for sharing!
I love your channel ❤️
Thank you for this. I have a wedding to go to and was considering buying a nice used dress, but I wonder if I could try to upscale something I own or perhaps rent a dress. Where would making your own clothes fall within the environmental impact spectrum? (with new fabric, materials, etc.)
Probably married by now lol. But for future reference: Shop from local fabric/textile stores that is vintage dead stock or discontinued so you are using what’s left and won’t be put back into production.
Those are all great options! For making your own clothes, the main question mark is the fabrics. Most fabrics found in stores are synthetic or blends, and there's very little info about the conditions they're made in. If you can get deadstock from a place like FabScrap or local maker, or thrift fabric/upcycle curtains/bedsheets in thrift stores, that makes it way more sustainable! You can also sometimes find organic + natural fabrics in local shops or on Etsy.
@@imperfectidealist thank you for the knowledge!!
@@PardonYou never heard of vintage dead stock fabric before, very cool thanks!