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aeide-thea · 1 year ago

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(okay the crotch sashiko post is making me a little insane bc like. huge love and respect for visible mending but i gotta say i would Not personally wear a pair of pants out in public ft. a swathe of bright yellow Xs drawing onlookers' attention to my groin unless i really and truly had no other option????)

#like maybe some ppl DO feel totally unfazed by that prospect‚ and more power to you if that's you #but it just seems like there's a wide range of possible approaches btwn 'do a bright yellow crotch repair' and 'buy brand new pants'?#and suggesting that ppl‚ say‚ thrift a replacement pair instead of buying brand new ones #or alternatively buy from companies who are working to reduce how much water it takes to produce their denim #(and hang onto the old denim to use for patching future rips in less sensitive areas)#seems like it might be a more plausible approach #for ppl who are trying to mitigate their environmental impact but also‚ you know‚ exist in the ordinary social world #(i mean clearly the BEST approach = 'be tumblr user fourpatch & deploy yr astonishing textile wizardry to produce genuinely subtle mends')#(but like. we cannot all be 4p‚ alas)#anyway. hashtag normieposting i realize #but it just seems 2 me like. probably there are ppl out there who would like to be less wasteful but aren't ready to become full-on hippies #and like probably it would be more useful to present those people with paths that feel possible for them #than to be like 'actually you can totally become a full-on hippie‚ it's great and i recommend it!!'#like. true! but. ¯\_ (ツ)_/¯

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