[eep_social]

Another reason I seek the durable version is that I despise change.

Once I procure an umbrella that meets my needs, I don’t ever want to have to spend the time to go find another. If I manage to wear it out, I will grudgingly replace it with the exact same thing but if that’s not available I’ll go without rather than going through the process of finding a good one again. Modern casual clothing is a disaster in this regard because even the same sku often won’t be the same product year over year.

[mrbungie]

About clothing: that and society tends to mock those who repeat the same clothes in a short period of time, promoting cheap/mass fashion and therefore waste.

I would rather focus on upcycling repairable clothes rather than promoting so much waste. Specially when a sweater I love tears, I (1) loss the sweater and (2) can't get said clothing item because as you say, the sku or even the brand may not exist anymore. Newer is not always better, both in function and form.

Point in case: Mark Zuckerberg and his style change from a anime/cartoon closet full of grey tshirts and blue jeans to a typical sugar daddy atire/style just to appeal to bigger audience without any internal change.

Stupid monkey brains.

[brabel]

I have clothes from 25 years ago, still looking pretty good but I can barely wear them now because they're so utterly out of fashion :D. I am by no means a "fashionable" person, but even I would be a bit hesitant to go out on my early 90's baggy shorts or my black leather jacket that looks straight out of an 80's action movie.

I believe that's why clothes these days barely last a year. People actually don't seem to mind because every year the fashion changes. I really hate that mindset but that seems to be how almost everyone thinks.

[mdpye]

If you were a fashionable person, that's exactly what you'd be doing! ;)

The cycle is roughly 30 years, and teenagers are revisiting the 90s trends right now.

[Freak_NL]

The 90s is completely and utterly hot right now for anyone born after it. Embrace the faux nostalgia or make a mint on Vinted.

[pnut]

If you were wearing traditional slacks, collared shirts, and suits 25 years ago this wouldn't be a problem. Timeless style is a real thing.

[crazygringo]

No, it would be a problem.

Suits and pants are much slimmer than they were 25 years ago. They're cut differently. Pants are different in length, with far less of a break now.

Look at photos of people in suits from 1999, or just watch movies from then. They're swimming in fabric. Not to mention how wide the neckties were.

Even for men, timeless style isn't a thing. Look at how gigantic shirt collars were in the 1970's.

Men's styles don't change as drastically as women's (remember shoulderpads?) but even traditional suits and shirts and ties go through major shifts of size and proportion every couple decades.

Sure you can wear suits and shirts and ties from 25 years ago, but you'll either look like someone who's making a deliberate retro-inspired fashion choice (if you're pulling it off), or else you'll look like someone who hasn't bought new clothes in 25 years (if you're not pulling it off).

But in neither case will you look "timeless". There's no such thing.

[saalweachter]

Even jeans, t-shirts and flannel shirts will get you through the better part of a century.

[MeImCounting]

In my social circles youre far more likely to be mocked if you spend a lot of money on new clothes or cheap/low quality clothes. Its expected that you buy something high quality from a thrift store and wear it until it wears out/splurge on something new and high quality and wear it until it wears out and repair it indefinitely.

[luqtas]

people who mock people because repeated clothes aren't at their social circle (at least in a meaningful level) or if they do, sit & talk or it's time to move on...

i'm almost hitting 30, i still use some 14 y/o clothes and last time i bought stuff was more than 5 years ago because of a hobby. tho i appreciate stylistic people walking at streets. maybe fashion is not that hard to recycle if we use mostly compostable stuff? from leather of pineapple waste, (recycled) cotton and so on

[jameshart]

Yep - even the most famous clothing SKU in the world, the Levi’s 501, changes fabric specs and measurements year over year.

[eru]

For me a reason to choose the not so durable umbrella is that I tend to lose umbrellas rather than break them.

[_carbyau_]

I know you likely don't care but one thing idea I liked from the article is to use a QR code engraved/stamped/stickered onto an item so people can contact you without having to put your phone number directly on it.

I'd point them at a static website titled: "I've lost something haven't I? What? Where?" with a basic form put so they can give me details. You could go further and have the QR code put an item ID code into the url.

I like the possibilities.

[eru]

I live in Singapore, so even putting my home address on my things would be fine. (And we seldom even lock our front door.)

Well, your suggestion might help for some kinds of misplacing. But I often I know it's in the house, but can't remember where.

[TeMPOraL]

> But I often I know it's in the house, but can't remember where.

Given the price/importance of a durable umbrella, it would make sense for you to stick a BLE locator tag to it. But for the love of $deity, let it not be built into the product itself, as putting electronics into products is the easiest way to make them fragile and obsolete within few years.

[mcherm]

Is your home address stable for times similar to the lifetime of that umbrella?

[eru]

I could leave a pointer at the old address to my new address, if necessary.