clothes are so much worse now 😭

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Head to http://squarespace.com/minale to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or a domain! 🕊️ PATREON: https://patreon.com/highbrowbymina 🕊️ Make a One-Time Donation: https://ko-fi.com/minale PODCAST Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3wvGhhd3yGEJhak11myA5N Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/high-brow/id1677209917 for extra content every other Wednesday 😈 Instagram: http://instagram.com/highbrow.pod PRODUCTION written by Mina Le edited by Charlee Reiff SOCIALS Instagram: http://instagram.com/gremlita TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@gremlita Letterboxd: http://boxd.it/7YgX CONTACT Business email: [email protected] BRANDS/ORGANIZATIONS MENTIONED Sheep Inc https://us.sheepinc.com/ Fibershed https://fibershed.org/ Textile Exchange https://textileexchange.org/ Woolmark https://www.woolmark.com/environment/filterbyfabric/ Fashion Revolution https://www.fashionrevolution.org/ Fashion Revolution's Key Organizations List https://www.fashionrevolution.org/key-organisations/ Atmos Magazine https://atmos.earth/ Sustainable Baddie Magazine http://sustainablebaddie.com/ Patagonia Action Works https://www.patagonia.com/actionworks/home/explore/all SOURCES books 📚 Overdressed: The Shockingly High Cost of Cheap Fashion Service and Style: How the American Department Store Fashioned the Middle Class by Jan Whitaker Wardrobe Crisis: How We Went from Sunday Best to Fast Fashion by Clare Press Clothing Poverty The Hidden World of Fast Fashion and Second-hand Clothes by Andrew Brooks articles 📰 Cable Crossings: The Aran Jumper as Myth and Merchandise by Siun Carden The Knit of a Nation?: How Irishness was marketed to the world by the Aran sweater (1950-1980) by Pierce Kehoe https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2005/02/14/sole-survivor https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/italy/1494238/Now-you-can-walk-in-footsteps-of-5000-year-old-Iceman-wearing-his-boots.html https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2003/nov/20/uk.northernireland https://www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2020/0817/1159600-aran-jumper-taylor-swift-fashion-ireland-steve-mcqueen-marilyn-monroe-clancy-brothers/ https://www.investopedia.com/personal-finance/how-much-income-puts-you-top-1-5-10/ https://www.vogue.co.uk/fashion/article/aran-knit-renaissance https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1999/02/01/the-crisis-in-cashmere https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1597339373900824576.html http://www.theluxestrategist.com/quality-clothes-how-to-buy-better-sweaters-make-the-most-of-your-money https://www.sustainablejungle.com/sustainable-fashion/what-is-ethical-wool/ https://scripps.ucsd.edu/news/not-so-biodegradable-new-study-finds-bio-based-plastic-and-plastic-blend-textiles-do-not https://invisibleworld.com/blogs/news/three-things-you-know-about-cashmere-sweaters-that-are-wrong https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2023/may/30/how-to-pick-knits-six-questions-to-ask-before-buying-that-cardigan https://research.qut.edu.au/textiler/knowledge-base/blended-textiles/ 0:00 - intro 5:55 - defining the aran jumper 8:04 - the aran jumper goes commercial 12:55 - the quality debate 23:42 - how to buy a sweater 37:33 - conclusion