The Bite:
Just go vintage. With high-quality vintage or second-hand fashions, you can get new (to you) clothes at bargain prices (sometimes), while avoiding the waste and inhumane working conditions of most of the garment industry.
01.24.2006
“Sex and the City” stylist Patricia Field offers this rule: "If something is over 50 years old, it's antique; less, it's vintage."

The $16.5 billion U.S. garment industry is highly dependent on polluting synthetics and sweatshop labor. Invest your hard-earned clothing dollars into quality repurposed pieces instead.
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