Dolce & Gabanna

Most clothes that I would buy (new) retail somewhere in the $15 to $80 range. Sometimes a little more, but rarely. This means that the cost to make these things is somewhere between $5 and $15 ... which means that, yeah, sweat shop labor duh. But more than just sweatshop labor, I will probably use these clothes for about 1 - 2 years before they have holes, are given away, but more likely, thrown away.

So, imagine I bought this really crazy whatever from Dolce & Gabanna. A blazer or something, that cost $2,000. I go meet Mr. Dolce and he measures me and the blazer is made in the same place where I'm measured, and the material costs $200 per yard ... so the cost of materials alone is, like, $500 ... but no babies had to work barefoot and eat gruel to harvest the silk to make my suit. Instead, ma and pa from Organic farm USA mail the stuff ground to Mr. Dolce, who pays them a really fair and reasonable wage.

And then, I keep this blazer for 25 years. It becomes my signature blazer. I store it with care, and wash it with care, and it's value increases as it becomes a vintage piece of D & G original finery. When I die, my daughter wants to wear the sucker because of the craftsmanship, originality (and of course the label, he he) of the garment.

All I'm saying is, isn't this a little bit more "green" than what I currently do? Just saying. Not saying that I'm going to run out and buy a $2,000 blazer, but ... just saying, as they say.