{"id":153,"date":"2020-03-08T16:06:58","date_gmt":"2020-03-08T20:06:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sophiacheng.me\/?p=153"},"modified":"2020-08-28T19:06:16","modified_gmt":"2020-08-28T23:06:16","slug":"wardrobe-data-cost-per-wear-feb-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sophcheng.com\/index.php\/2020\/03\/08\/wardrobe-data-cost-per-wear-feb-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Wardrobe Data &#8211; Cost Per Wear: Feb 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Follow up from my last post on <a href=\"http:\/\/sophiacheng.me\/index.php\/2020\/02\/04\/wardrobe-data-inventory-jan-2020\/\">Wardrobe Data \u2013 Inventory: Jan 2020<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On top of attempting to be more conscious of what&#8217;s in my wardrobe and where it all comes from, I&#8217;ve also been exploring my consumption behaviors, trying to understand which pieces have been good investments and which were spontaneous purchases that I should be more careful to avoid in the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83d\udc5a Conscious Consumption Tips \/ Resources<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li> Ultimately, the best way to consume consciously is to not consume at all <\/li><li> The next best option is to purchase secondhand from thrift stores or consignment A couple of options for purchasing secondhand or renting clothing include: <ul><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thredup.com\/r\/TLMN3R\">ThredUP<\/a>: online thrift store to buy and sell secondhand clothes<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/poshmark.com\/\">Poshmark<\/a>: social commerce marketplace to buy and sell new or used clothing, shoes, and accessories<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.therealreal.com\/\">TheRealReal<\/a>: authenticated consignment store for luxury goods, definitely on the higher end but great source for high quality staple pieces that<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/rtr.app.link\/e\/9fxoIp9cG4\">Rent the Runway<\/a>: rent pieces through membership or one-time options, background story of the company on the <a href=\"https:\/\/one.npr.org\/?sharedMediaId=541686055:541701331\">NPR podcast How I Built This<\/a> <\/li><\/ul><\/li><li> If you are purchasing something new, keep in mind fair labor practices, sustainable materials, and the quality of the pieces that you&#8217;re consuming A couple of options for sustainable and ethical brands: <ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.everlane.com\/r\/sophiacheng\">Everlane<\/a>: focused on ethics and by showing its markup process for each garment and details on the factories where each item is manufactured <\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.everlane.com\/about\" data-imagelightbox=\"g\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1440\" height=\"575\" src=\"http:\/\/sophiacheng.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Screenshot-2020-03-08-16.14.26-1440x575.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-159\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sophcheng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Screenshot-2020-03-08-16.14.26-1440x575.png 1440w, https:\/\/sophcheng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Screenshot-2020-03-08-16.14.26-300x120.png 300w, https:\/\/sophcheng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Screenshot-2020-03-08-16.14.26-1536x614.png 1536w, https:\/\/sophcheng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Screenshot-2020-03-08-16.14.26-800x320.png 800w, https:\/\/sophcheng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Screenshot-2020-03-08-16.14.26.png 1622w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thereformation.com\/\">Reformation<\/a>: this brand calculates the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thereformation.com\/pages\/sustainable-practices?utm_source=TnL5HPStwNw&amp;utm_medium=10&amp;utm_campaign=LinkShare&amp;sid=LS298X102&amp;ranMID=40090&amp;ranEAID=2116208&amp;ranSiteID=TnL5HPStwNw-iUMpydN3QNf71pVnlP_o.w\">environmental footprint<\/a> based on the carbon dioxide emissions, water usage, and waste produced in what it calls the \u201cRefscale\u201d to help understand the impact of each garment <\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patagonia.com\/home\/\">Patagonia<\/a>: most people are probably familiar with this brand, but on top of sourcing from more sustainable materials, they also <a href=\"https:\/\/wornwear.patagonia.com\/\">buy and resell their own pieces<\/a>  <\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83d\udcb5 Cost-Per-Wear<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Below is a summary of the cost-per-wear of the pieces documented in my wardrobe with the cost-per-wear calculated as the cost of the item\/number of wears and the number of months each item has been in my closet. The data isn&#8217;t perfect since the number of wears is based on when I started documenting my wardrobe data and the cost of the items and number of months its been in my closet are mostly based off my best estimates.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"tableauPlaceholder\" id=\"viz1583696727748\" style=\"position: relative\"><noscript><a href=\"#\" data-imagelightbox=\"g\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\" \" src=\"https:\/\/public.tableau.com\/static\/images\/Co\/CostPerWear-Feb2020\/CostWearSummary\/1_rss.png\" style=\"border: none\"><\/a><\/noscript><object class=\"tableauViz\" style=\"display:none;\"><param name=\"host_url\" value=\"https%3A%2F%2Fpublic.tableau.com%2F\"><param name=\"embed_code_version\" value=\"3\"><param name=\"site_root\" value=\"\"><param name=\"name\" value=\"CostPerWear-Feb2020\/CostWearSummary\"><param name=\"tabs\" value=\"no\"><param name=\"toolbar\" value=\"yes\"><param name=\"static_image\" value=\"https:\/\/public.tableau.com\/static\/images\/Co\/CostPerWear-Feb2020\/CostWearSummary\/1.png\"><param name=\"animate_transition\" value=\"yes\"><param name=\"display_static_image\" value=\"yes\"><param name=\"display_spinner\" value=\"yes\"><param name=\"display_overlay\" value=\"yes\"><param name=\"display_count\" value=\"yes\"><\/object><\/div>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> var divElement = document.getElementById('viz1583696727748'); var vizElement = divElement.getElementsByTagName('object')[0]; vizElement.style.width='100%';vizElement.style.maxWidth='800px';vizElement.style.height=(divElement.offsetWidth*0.75)+'px';vizElement.style.maxHeight='527px'; var scriptElement = document.createElement('script'); scriptElement.src = 'https:\/\/public.tableau.com\/javascripts\/api\/viz_v1.js'; vizElement.parentNode.insertBefore(scriptElement, vizElement); <\/script><\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83d\udcca Cost-Per-Wear Insights<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>This sheet is filtered on my <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aritzia.com\/us\/en\/product\/st.-moritz-parka\/69158.html\">Aritzia St. Moritz Parka<\/a>, which has been the largest purchase I&#8217;ve ever made on an article of clothing, but has been well worth it! It was definitely painful shelling out the $$$ on this coat, but I&#8217;ve worn it almost every day for the past two winters and it&#8217;s kept me warm through the -30\u00b0 polar vortex in Chicago last year. Unlike the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/are-canada-goose-jackets-unethical-controversy-explained-1329557\">Canada Goose coats<\/a>, Aritzia&#8217;s are sourced with <a href=\"https:\/\/responsibledown.org\/\">responsible goose down<\/a>, meaning that none of the features came from live birds. The fur on the coat is also completely vegan, while still giving a warm and luxurious feel. I do wish sometimes that the fur was removable, because it feels a little <em>extra<\/em> wearing such an over-the-top coat, but know it&#8217;s not worth the investment in another piece when this one definitely has a lot more wear left in it.<\/li><li>On the other hand, I purchased these Black Wedge Booties from Target over a year ago because they were on sale for $25 and had been eyeing a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.toms.com\/women\/black-suede-womens-kala-booties\">similar pair from TOMS<\/a> for years. Unfortunately, I&#8217;ve worn them only once and they were pretty uncomfortable so I&#8217;ve avoided putting them on again. I&#8217;m conflicted every time I see them on my shoe rack between if I should just put them on again and try to break them in, resell them, or donate them. I always end up picking up another pair of shoes that I like more to wear, but I also hesitate to get rid of them when I&#8217;ve barely worn them and risk causing more pollution when they ultimately might <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenamerica.org\/unraveling-fashion-industry\/what-really-happens-unwanted-clothes\">wind up around the world or in a landfill<\/a>. Although I regret this purchase, this analysis holds me accountable to avoid some of this unnecessary consumption in the future.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For the most part, there&#8217;s several pieces in my wardrobe that have been well worth the investment, as well as some purchases that I definitely bought on a whim. I also tend to gravitate towards a handful of pieces, while a majority of my closet is barely being touched. Ultimately, there&#8217;s a lot of opportunity for me to utilize the existing pieces I have and avoid making more unnecessary purchases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thoughts \/ feedback always appreciated!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Much love,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\" data-imagelightbox=\"g\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/sophiacheng.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/SIGNATURE-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-107\" width=\"183\" height=\"45\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sophcheng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/SIGNATURE-1.png 400w, https:\/\/sophcheng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/SIGNATURE-1-300x75.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 183px) 100vw, 183px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Follow up from my last post on Wardrobe Data \u2013 Inventory: Jan 2020 On top of attempting to be more conscious of what&#8217;s in my wardrobe and where it all comes from, I&#8217;ve also been&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[5],"tags":[10,11],"class_list":["post-153","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sustainability","tag-research","tag-wardrobedata"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sophcheng.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sophcheng.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sophcheng.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sophcheng.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sophcheng.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=153"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/sophcheng.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":162,"href":"https:\/\/sophcheng.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153\/revisions\/162"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sophcheng.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=153"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sophcheng.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=153"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sophcheng.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=153"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}