Wow

According to journalist Elizabeth Cline, previously profiled on this blog here and here, the average garment purchased in the United States is worn only seven times before being retired or discarded.  Part of me--the part wearing 15 year old boots and a 25 year old belt, both of which have been used hundreds of times--wants to be judgmental, but another part of me remembers how awful some of the dresses my kids have gotten over the years have worn.  Yes, they'd be done after seven wearings or less.