Let's Talk About Bookcore

[FlyingMonkey]

Probably some John Hughes movies and other alt-Rock impacts at that time as well? I remember the big coats being a thing. Always drove store detectives nuts as they assumed we were all shoplifters.

REM and co. were the US equivalents, definitely.

 

[smittycl]

REM and co. were the US equivalents, definitely.

Found another one with max big coats.

 

[mak1277]

The average American buys 60 new garments each year

Source? Unless you're counting individual socks, I have a hard time believing this.

 

[zenosparadox]

Source? Unless you're counting individual socks, I have a hard time believing this.

I’m silently citing my 60 number from an academic article on evolving notions of waste, which I can’t immediately recall the title of, but this figure (or a higher one) is available in multiple sources. Indeed, it’s apparently gone up to almost 70 since whatever year the article I was thinking of was published. This is according to Dana Thomas’s book, “Fashionopolis: The Price of Fast Fashion and the Future of Clothes.” Apparently this number is 5x what it was in 1980.

(And, anecdotally, if you think this is inconceivable, then go spend an afternoon watching people shop in an H&M.)

 

[otterhound]

This aesthetic may be the last way for a suburban middle-aged guy (a group in which I find myself) to wear any kind of tailoring in my hyper-casualized milieu. In the Dallas 'burbs, a tailored sport coat is nowhere to be seen and I'd be considered ridiculously overdressed wearing my well-fitting unworn ones, even over jeans. But I may be able to pull off a vintage, slubby, sack-styled tweed jacket worn over a denim shirt or frayed OCBD.

 

[dieworkwear]

Source? Unless you're counting individual socks, I have a hard time believing this.

I don't know the number of garments per year (not sure how anyone would know this). But the BLS shows the average American household spends about $2,000 a year on clothes. I imagine this is mostly cheap clothing, so the number of units must be relatively high.

CONSUMER EXPENDITURES--2022 - 2022 A01 Results

www.bls.gov

 

[mak1277]

I don't know the number of garments per year (not sure how anyone would know this). But the BLS shows the average American household spends about $2,000 a year on clothes. I imagine this is mostly cheap clothing, so the number of units must be relatively high.

CONSUMER EXPENDITURES--2022 - 2022 A01 Results

www.bls.gov

Average household vs. average person (which, I think, is what zenos referenced) is quite a big difference, though. $2k spread across 3 or 4 people isn't a stretch at all in my mind.

 

[dieworkwear]

Average household vs. average person (which, I think, is what zenos referenced) is quite a big difference, though. $2k spread across 3 or 4 people isn't a stretch at all in my mind.

Yes, although I don't think it's true that "most people don't buy a lot of new clothing." This may be true for middle-aged and older men but not true for women and younger people.

 

[RSS]

Yep, They don't tend to buy a lot of books either ?

Nail on the head. Moreover this bothers me far more than the clothing they do or don't buy.

 

[dieworkwear]

Nail on the head. Moreover this bothers me far more than the clothing they do or don't buy.

I really like reading short stories. One of my favorites is the story of mafoofan buying a green wallet

 

[smittycl]

Nail on the head. Moreover this bothers me far more than the clothing they do or don't buy.

Americans Reading Fewer Books Than in Past

U.S. adults on average read 12.6 books in 2021, three fewer books than in the prior measurement from 2016.

news.gallup.com

 

[RSS]

I really like reading short stories. One of my favorites is the story of mafoofan buying a green wallet

Green BREAST Wallet. How quickly they forget.

 

[krudsma]

Americans Reading Fewer Books Than in Past

U.S. adults on average read 12.6 books in 2021, three fewer books than in the prior measurement from 2016.

news.gallup.com

This is purely anecdotal, but I personally would get a lot of reading done on my bus ride to work. I imagine working from home plays at least a small part in this stat.

 

[smittycl]

This is purely anecdotal, but I personally would get a lot of reading done on my bus ride to work. I imagine working from home plays at least a small part in this stat.

Yeah, but it’s a great kick bait title!

 

[RSS]

Smittycl, here is it January and I've already bought half my 12.6. Most are about politics. I was thinking I need to get back to fiction. But politics today can read stranger than.