Someone brought up fast fashion and its damage to the ecology, and the fact the French have just introduced legislation to thwart it. Sounds great.
Most electronics people (hobbyists, engineers and technicians) are the opposite to fast fashion. Maybe its because we are generally not narcissistic, or we would rather spend our hard earned money on test equipment. I noticed over the past 40 or so years at real electronics component stores, customers' are not exactly fashionistas. Same with attire for work colleagues.
For example, I spend about $100 per year on new clothes, and maybe $50 on shoes. I still have a jumper (pullovers) that is about 35 years old. Here is a picture or my last pair shoes I wore in public until after my wife threatened to throw them in the bin if I dare wore them in public again. In the practical sense they were super comfortable and had developed flow through ventilation. Another advantage is no-one is going to hold me up at knife-point and try to steal my shoes. I reluctantly bought another pair, but I have kept these. Maybe I should auction them on eBay to the lowest bidder.
Am I alone in my attitude to clothes? Are we different to the general population in this regard?