Debra Baker

I'm sure y'all have noticed, but 40's, 60's, and 90's fashion are all very in style right now. I love it. The 60's have always been my heart decade; I like the revolution of it all. I would have loved to be among the parade for the very first earth day. In the least macabre sounding way, maybe get sent to jail for protesting segregation of some reality TV show. Maybe experience mass hysteria with other teenage girl Beatles fans. Who knows. I'd be in. Anyways, I'm fairly certain that the 50's and 70's fashion will come next. (And then after that: the 80's! Hell yes fish net tops) Who knows, maybe we'll even get a bit of Great Gatsby-esque 20's wear. I was was watching Grease last night and am freaking excited for this. 60'S, 70's and maybe something else return. Of course, Grease was released in 1978 so it's portrayal of 50's fashion might not be perfect, but I'd imagine it's close, and oh my goodness do I love those poodle skirts. And pastel capris. And greaser outfits. THE WHOLE AESTHETIC OF THE 50'S IS SO CUTE!!!

Cha Cha from Grease in them lovely pastel capris

They even made her a Barbie??!!!

I know less about 70's clothes, but I think I like those too.

When I googled 70's clothes
this came up?

I hope these words make sense. I'm kind of deliriously tired today. I was dreaming that I was about to get stabbed. I also hope that when poodle skirts and feathered hair comes back, you think of me, and know that I can predict the future.

Anyways, if anybody is reading this, they should leave a response. Because conversations are fun. Maybe talk about fashion and decades trends. Maybe talk about the future. Post an entire essay of a report you did on changes and and trends and human psychology. Idgaf. I also don't care if you're an acquaintance and feel like posting on this would look really creepy. Because it wouldn't. It takes a lot to weird me out. I also like most conversations, because I like almost every individual I've ever met. Everyone had something lovely and nice about them ya know? (I hate humanity as a whole though tbh).
Anyways, say something. Cus that'd be cool.

Excited because I found this sweater in a free box? Like how cool is that? This is a nice freaking sweater for finding in a free box. It's a bad picture but it's super soft and well fitting and it's a nicer color than in the picture

Anyways, I thought I'd talk about how much better it is for everybody to buy (or find) your clothes new.

Whether you're talking about your wallet, the environment, all the people that the product went through to be made, conservation of all the resources in the actual product (I think you get the idea), buying used is pretty much always the better option. Not to mention thrift shopping is just more fun! You feel better ethically about your purchases, and it's more fun to sift through all the weird stuff you find.

And, because I'm a lover of information: statistics.

Decomposing fabric can release methane into the air, and chemicals such as dies or retardants in to the ground.
if all of the textile waste we normally generate in a year didn't end up at the landfill, we would be looking at a savings of $375 million dollars in fees alone!
Cotton growing takes a about a quarter of the pesticides used in the U.s. Pesticides are linked to a lot of different nasty things, including colony collapse disorder, a pandemic in the bee population. In case you didn't know, bees pollinate flowers, and are incredibly crucial to the environment and our food department and entire way of life.
According to the U.S. National Labor Committee, workers, manufacturing YOUR clothes halfway across the world in sweatshops that YOU don't have to loo at, can make as little as 12 to 18 cents an hour.
The 15% of discarded clothing/fabric that is recycled, prevents about 2.5 billion pounds of waste from going directly to the waste stream.
Since clothes from most popular stores are so cheaply made nowadays (forever 21, h&m, such and such), they often end up being unusable by the time they pass through the first user and get to a thrift shop. Only about 1/5th of clothes donations are actually sold. However, they can sell them to textile recycling factories, so don't think that there isn't a use for even your really old clothes!

I must admit, my closet is overflowing with cheap mall clothes. I'm an incredibly hypocritical person. It happens. But I'm really going to try to stop supporting the cheap plastic world of fast fashion and consumerism. Isn't it kind of strange that we have to use effort for inaction? Self control is a hard one me for me. You kind of just have to keep the goal of a happier of world in mind.

Anyways, just remember, everything you do effects nothing else, so try to make your decisions wisely. Living a life with a smaller footprint doesn't have to be boring. You just have to have a little bit of self control and be a bit more creative!

***Buffalo exchange is boss though