“We really need to slow down our consumption. We buy too much stuff. We buy 60 per cent more clothes today than we did 20 years ago. We keep our clothes for half as long.”https://globalnews.ca/news/9723465/fashion-greenwashing/
I post this as a public service. This is a photo of my slacks, supposedly a size 38. You can see in the picture that they are 20 inches across (so actually size 40). That is how men's sizing works. I have others like this. My experience is that men's pants are often at least 2 sizes bigger than the tag. It's a conspiracy against women.
Chile's Atacama Desert, the driest desert in the world, has been a dumping ground for fast fashion leftovers. A mountain of discarded clothing, including Christmas sweaters and ski boots, cuts a strange sight in the desert, which is increasingly suffering from pollution created by the fashion industry.
(...) The size of the pile and the pollution it's causing are visible from space, making it clear that there is a need for change in the fashion industry."
Earlier today it clouded over so I slung a pullover around my shoulders to keep slightly warmer.
Went back to the house just now for a tea refill and was told "ooh look at you with your jumper round your shoulders. You look like James Dyson or something."
Needless to say I'm now sitting here slightly colder in a t-shirt.
'Vuestros ojos' is a #Spanish#melancholic song found in a 1610 collection of #songs titled "A Musicall Banquet" edited by Robert #Dowland (1591-1641). Robert was the son of the 'father' (John Dowland) of the melancholic wave, that was sweeping Europe at the time
'Vuestros ojos' was a popular song in that melancholic #fashion, but added a Spanish temperament!
WANT: slightly quirky and/or understated baseball cap/s. nerdy stuff (but not like, the word "GEEK" in huge impact font, wtf people), unusual or tastefully minimal logos, etc.
DO NOT WANT: to accidentally support garbage websites that rip off artists or pump out low-quality products. (see: redbubble, spreadshirt)
Like, I find myself searching around to see if Threadless is still any good (they were, like 15-20 years ago?) or wondering if I can dodge sketchy sellers on Etsy.
Hugops to every other #mastoadmin having to deal with this spam wave. We have been fighting is on mastodon.social for days, and were forced to close registrations yesterday until we could emergency-deploy countermeasures.
Unfortunately, this made them realise they are other servers in the Fediverse to target.
If any admin needs help fighting this, please ping me either on the server admin discord, or directly here, and I will gladly help.
Completely redoing my wallet chain on my leather wallet as the grommet broke, so time to learn to install a new grommet and improve the #style and #fashion as I just had to replace the clamp as my new pants have wider belt loops. But I love the wallet itself, all the slots I need, change purse, RFID blocking (yes I tested). I am thinking antique brass and should have all pieces by Wednesday. #infosec
I hereby state that 5.11 Stryke pants and shorts are officially some of the best for #IT and #infosec with so many pockets! The mag pocket can double as a flipper zero pocket! It holds both my personal and work phone, medicine, and my personal defense items, and I still have pockets to spare and comfortable AF. They even stretch and are pretty durable as they are tactical pants. Also you can apparently put knee pads in them which is amazing sometimes in tech when cabling #fashion
Ok starting a new art thread for 2023! Here's the deal: a mostly daily thread with a different artist every day (sometimes I repeat from previous years if I feel like featuring other work/projects), primarily modern and contemporary since that's my thing. I'm even making a hashtag for it in case that makes it easier for folks to follow. Enjoy! #art#BigArtThread