In January of 2020, I bought three pairs of shorts and two pairs of long pants. I already had a few pairs of older pants. A couple were worn, but that made them more fashionable.
I've bought a couple of new shirts since, that I liked and can wear them for years to come because of their enduring style, layering and not fitting short tern trends. I happened upon a shirt that I liked in a thrift store while looking for camping equipment in Blanding, Utah. I was given three shirts since 2020, that I like, again enduring style.
With that many clothes and I have more, a closet full, they are not wearing out. They seldom get worn as it is, but a few hours here and there. They don't get dirty, still smell fresh from the last wash. I could wear them three times and still only have them on 6 or 7 hours.
I wash clothing on a more gentle cycle. DF has convinced me over years to be environmental and dry with solar. It works very well here, better than running an electric dryer. The cloths are fresher and better texture, but more than that, they don't wear out
anywhere near as quickly as using mechanical dryers. My clothing lasts for many many years.
Sheets and towels also last much much longer using this method, but on a more intense cycle. These are most of my laundry. I sit on towels and bathe with such. A few are used each week during the sweats, but these are very old, as they are meant to be abused some almost rags, but that's what you want to use in a sweat.
I do wash socks and underwear after just one use.
My dryer died, and rather than fixing it, or replacing it, which seems plain stupid, I use it for storage. It could be a good place for valuables, nobody looks there. I store extra medical and toiletries in there, instead of taking up closet space.
I don't dress a bum. I get complements. Going out dancing, it can make me feel celebratory, festive.
So, I'm well dressed when I have to be and I haven't spent much more than a hundred bucks in over six years on clothing. It sounds eccentric to me on the face, just to hear that, yet, I'm probably exposed to less toxins and off gassing, I'm certainly WAY better for the planet's pollution, reduce and reuse, repurpose. I'm spending my resources on things that I prefer and are more useful to a full life. My bank account isn't stressed and therefore me. I have better hobbies than a "dedicated follower of fashion," Kinks, "plastic boots and plastic hat, and you think you know where it's at," Frank Zappa.
In contrast, here are people on average spending thousands per year. They may get some kind of fleeting feel good out of their wardrobe and being manipulated, but I'll bet it can't compare with the pleasure and health that I have in my natural state. I'm of the opinion that I am not the eccentric one. We have to consider the ludicrous conformity being ultimately practiced by the masses.
Oh yea, FEET! Because of my unusual healthy natural feet, I make my own shoes, or I don't wear them, or cavort in high-end flip-flops, or use toe shoes. Five finger toe shoes show little wear, don't use them that much, but when I do, they start hiking, unless they are my street pair, when they are shot for hiking they become work shoes, sometimes with duct tape. They just seem to go on and on.
I still have some business outfits that don't get much use. A good pair of slacks can go a long way and look good.
