Living ~400lbs

BBC and NPR report that garment workers in Bangladesh are pushing for higher wages.

Oct 1 https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3ct4zkl

Oct 23

https://www.npr.org/sections/goats-and-soda/2024/10/23/g-s1-28960/why-the-garment-workers-of-bangladesh-are-feeling-poorer-than-ever

The western world outsources much of creating cheap clothing to poorer countries. Clothing needs humans to sew. Robots aren’t there yet for most clothing, especially in more than a limited number of sizes. Supersize/extended sizes are often not available in stores.  Even mail order is from limited sources.

We’ve all been urged to reduce and reuse/buy secondhand. In WWII there was “mend and make-do.” Now there’s visible mending.

I’m aware that at one point, most clothing was homemade or commissioned from a dressmaker or tailor. I’m not urging we return to that… but I am considering sewing some basic stretch pants.

What do you do about clothing these days? Are you finding good things secondhand? Found a cool new store?