Just realized the fashion industry is just one big scam cycle??

ok no joke...found a Abercrombie skirt i bought in high school (2004!!!) last weekend cleaning my moms basement. checked depop out of curiosity AND PPL SELLING THE EXACT SAME SKIRT FOR $120?!?!?! i paid like $24 for it back then!!! world has gone crazy fr

The worst is when u finally cave and throw something out after keeping it for years... GUARANTEED that exact item becomes trendy within 3 months. Still mad about the vintage levi's i donated right before they started selling for $200+ online. Never getting over that one

hate 2 say it but im old enough now that ive seen bell bottoms come back in style THREE SEPARATE TIMES during my life lolllll. Same with platform shoes, peasant tops, etc etc. If u wait long enough everything comes back. Literally everything except maybe those rlly low low rise jeans from early 2000s those can stay dead plz god

dnt care what no1 says my JNCO jeans from hs r staying in my closet 4ever... ppl laughed when i kept em all these yrs but who laughing now that baggy is back???? me in my OG jeans thats who!!!! 😎😎😎

My mother-in-law (70s) has this ENORMOUS storage unit full of clothes from every decade and we always teased her about it...until my daughter raided it for a vintage fashion project and found literally everything currently trending at Zara/H&M. Now we're all raiding grandma's "archive" regularly. She just smiles smugly every time we discover something "new" in there

Sooooo we're just not gonna talk about the obvious class angle here??? Who tf has SPACE to store clothes for 20+ years waiting for them to come back in style??? Def not anyone in a 1br apartment paying $2400/month 😭😭 this whole "keep everything" approach assumes massive privilege regarding storage space most ppl don't have

The core mechanism behind this phenomenon is artificial scarcity marketing, where fashion conglomerates deliberately cycle trends to create temporary shortages of specific designs, driving up perceived value and forcing accelerated replacement purchasing among status-conscious consumers

ok but real question.....HOW DO THEY DECIDE what comes back and what stays dead?? like why did skater jeans and tiny purses make the cut but not those awful tiered denim skirts?? is there someone at Fashion Headquarters™️ with a dartboard deciding this stuff or???

$0.02 from someone who's worked fashion retail 20+ yrs: this ain't new honey!!! Difference now is SOCIAL MEDIA. Before: maybe you'd see new trend in magazine 3-4x a year. Now: constant bombardment of "new must haves" 24/7/365. Algorithms literally designed to make you feel bad about what you own. Turn off phone = problem solved

Yall r missin the BIGGEST part of the scam...quality. Found my moms levis from the 80s: perfect condition, thick denim, still wearable. My "vintage inspired" 2023 levis: paper thin garbage that ripped after 3 wears. They bring back old STYLES but not old QUALITY bc they need stuff to fall apart fast so you'll buy more!!!!!

This isn't a "modern scam" people...this is literally how fashion has functioned for CENTURIES. Victorian women dealt with the exact same BS with sleeve silhouettes and waistlines constantly changing. The cycle just moves faster now thanks to social media + globalized production

Stopped playing this game 5yrs ago and never been happier. Built a capsule wardrobe of like 40 basic pieces that all mix n match, all in colors that flatter me, all in styles that work for MY BODY not whatever model body type is "in" this season. Still wear same jeans i bought in 2018. Still get compliments DAILY. Fashion industry has no power if we just...don't participate?