If you were not allowed to acquire any new clothes, how long do you think your current wardrobe would last? (lemmy.ca)

submitted 18 hours ago by eezeebee@lemmy.ca to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Context: I noticed I have some clothes from 10 years ago that are still good to wear, and some newer things I have barely worn yet. I wondered if I reached a point where all the clothes I own would be enough to last for the rest of my life. There is a dresser and a closet worth of things.

For the sake of this question, let's say you can't buy, borrow, steal, receive as a gift, find, or make anything new to wear. All you get is what you have now. Is it enough?

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[-] Oka@sopuli.xyz 7 points 17 hours ago

I'm a nudist, so

A while

[-] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago)

You have entirely new skin cells every two to four weeks. The dead cells are shedded regularly.

So technically your clothes only last two to four weeks.

[-] Oka@sopuli.xyz 0 points 3 hours ago

But skin cells are not cloth/fabric. Skin is an organ.

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