<story><title>Tracking Everything I Wore For 1 Year</title><url>https://andrenader.substack.com/p/nfc-clothes-tracker</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>exceptione</author><text>This is peak HN; I am enjoying it. People boasting about how ones garderobe is more shitty and cheaper than the others. Next topic: why does no one wants to date me?&lt;p&gt;Clothing is not only functional, it can also help your appearance. Looking good does wonders for your mood. Sex appeal and all that.
Unfortunately, aesthetics is positively correlated with price. I wish it wasn´t true. I can easily spot your outfit was cheaply made. I am talking about casual wear.&lt;p&gt;Premium labels really go the extra mile. Fast, cheap fashion cuts lots of corners.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>gernb</author><text>&amp;gt; Premium labels really go the extra mile. Fast, cheap fashion cuts lots of corners.&lt;p&gt;I don&amp;#x27;t disagree that there&amp;#x27;s good fashion and shoddy fashion but I disagree &amp;quot;premium labels&amp;quot; is how to find good fashion. For me, And I know I&amp;#x27;m in the minority here, I find any fashion that shows the branding to be horrible. A plain t-shirt that says nothing vs plain t-shirt with a tiny &amp;quot;Boss&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;LV&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Gucci&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Prada&amp;quot; branding on it for 5x to 10x the cost really says &amp;quot;I hoping you&amp;#x27;ll like my because I&amp;#x27;m wearing expensive clothing&amp;quot;. It does not say &amp;quot;I have good fashion sense&amp;quot;.&lt;p&gt;Taken to an extreme you get people covered in labels. This is not &amp;quot;good fashion&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;img.5milesapp.com&amp;#x2F;image&amp;#x2F;upload&amp;#x2F;f_auto,t_i800&amp;#x2F;v1505983640&amp;#x2F;ux1eacyjrmdzppautvpr.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;img.5milesapp.com&amp;#x2F;image&amp;#x2F;upload&amp;#x2F;f_auto,t_i800&amp;#x2F;v150598...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;But it is &amp;quot;premium labels&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;I certainly agree that dressing well (different definitions of well) generally has positive outcomes. Much of my family is fine wearing dirty old soiled t-shirts with holes in them and it bugs me. Especially when I want to take them somewhere and they&amp;#x27;re clearly out of place in those clothes relative to the rest of the people around. At the same time they&amp;#x27;re all doing fine and no care.</text></comment>
<story><title>Tracking Everything I Wore For 1 Year</title><url>https://andrenader.substack.com/p/nfc-clothes-tracker</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>exceptione</author><text>This is peak HN; I am enjoying it. People boasting about how ones garderobe is more shitty and cheaper than the others. Next topic: why does no one wants to date me?&lt;p&gt;Clothing is not only functional, it can also help your appearance. Looking good does wonders for your mood. Sex appeal and all that.
Unfortunately, aesthetics is positively correlated with price. I wish it wasn´t true. I can easily spot your outfit was cheaply made. I am talking about casual wear.&lt;p&gt;Premium labels really go the extra mile. Fast, cheap fashion cuts lots of corners.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>teh_klev</author><text>&amp;gt; Next topic: why does no one wants to date me?&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt; Sex appeal and all that&lt;p&gt;That&amp;#x27;s just nonsense. My wardrobe value has never exceeded ~GBP250. I buy new clothing probably once every 2-3 years and even then the average spend is around GBP40-60, usually when stuff has completely worn out. I&amp;#x27;ve only owned one or two items of clothing that had a &amp;quot;label&amp;quot; and they were from TKMax.&lt;p&gt;As a bloke, despite cheaping out on my sartorial choices I&amp;#x27;ve never had a problem with dates&amp;#x2F;sex&amp;#x2F;relationships. It&amp;#x27;s all about personality, not being a dick and maintaining some semblance of basic personal hygiene.</text></comment>