lingling-oMar 8, 2024
I am looking forward to the warmer weather, and being able to go out on my bicycle without the Winter gear, again.

It's not the Winter gear that I mind so much as it is the limitation on what I can wear under it. I'm very much a dresses and skirts kind of woman, and riding a bicycle in Winter means the necessity of wearing snow pants, which precludes wearing dresses and skirts.

Typically, in WInter, I will simply wear tights under my snow pants, and heavy UGG boots, because they are easy to get in and out of, a t-shirt with sleeves to protect my outerwear from antiperspirant, and possibly a midlayer if it's really cold, then my snow parka over that. It gets super monotonous during the Winter.
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These are my UGG boots. As you can see, they are not what most people would picture when they see/hear the words, "#UggBoots" These were the "Berrien" model, and they were ostensibly "men's" boots, although I don't see anything about them that would look out of place on a woman. They came in black and brown, but I was only able to buy the brown ones, and a size too big for me, the last pair the shop had (at half price!). They have thick fluffy wool linings, a reflective radiant barrier under the insole, and are so amazingly warm and comfy, but they stopped making them like 20 years ago, now.

Being a size too large isn't terrible, because it means I can wear thick wool socks inside them to make them even warmer. I have worn these in weather down to -25°F (-32°C), and they were plenty warm with the extra socks, and because they are wool-lined, they are very good for intermittent work activities in Winter, like shovelling snow and chopping firewood.

With just tights, they are pretty easy to slip on and off as I leave/enter my house. I wish UGG would make these again. #fashion #gear #outerwear #footwear
Mar 8, 2024 at 1:23amWeb
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If there is one thing I hate about the #fashion industry, it's that it's inevitable that if there is ever a product made that works for my preferences or needs, it will be quickly discontinued, never to be seen again.

There are so few products that last more than a year or two on the market, and even the companies we used to regard as makers of "classics" no longer feel the need to keep a good product in production.

Even most of the time-honored brands aren't even the actual companies they used to be. Most have gone out of business and had the branding rights snapped up by vulture capitalists, and turned into pale shadows of what they once were.

It's not consumers who don't demand #quality, it that the profit mongers refuse to provide quality, because planned obsolescence boost profits.

It's almost pointless to ever be aspirational, to "save up" to buy quality goods, because by the time poor folk like me can save up the money to buy them, they will no longer be available, replaced with something shittier. #enshittification