I know lots of fashionistas who shop on SHEIN, and I really can’t blame them, it’s a bargain! SHEIN can make clothing so cheaply because they let quality bite the dust—in both materials and craftsmanship. And after the garment has passed its shelf life in your closet, it too will bite the dust…in a landfill for hundreds and hundreds of fashion seasons to come.
Fast Fashion is not wash, wear and hand down quality. It’s more like wash and hope it doesn’t disintegrate in the washing machine kind of clothing. What material is it made from anyway? Should you need to stop drop and roll, would this fabric burn into ash or become a sticky substance that adheres to your body? At any rate, it smells like a chemical plant when you first open the package. Fast fashion’s influx into society via influencers and cheap prices has led me to consider the next step in the clothing chain…garage sales.
If one can buy clothing and home things for such a bargain, is it even worth selling in a garage sale or resale site when you don’t have use for them anymore? I would think not. Cheaply made items are watering down the quality of some of America’s favorite pastimes and institutions: garage sales and estate sales. Temu is making estate sales of the future less and less appealing. IKEA is making particle board and missing screws common elements of future antiques. Instead of being part of an estate sale these fast furnishings will be part of a 1-800-GOT-JUNK haul.
Americans, leave a legacy of style and hard work that quality items show. Buy well-made things that represent the money you put into them. Use clothing and furniture with the care that comes from having spent hard earned money on them. Pass them along to others who will enjoy and appreciate the life still within them. Start procuring the valuable items for garage and estate sales of the future today…buy quality.