Things You're Allowed to Do

One time when I was younger, in my late teens, I was walking through the city around 8pm. I suddenly felt rather cold, and went through the typical 15 seconds of internal grumbling. I then had an epiphany, and walked into a nearby department store to purchase a jacket. Somehow I'd never even considered that as a possibility previously. As silly as it may seem, I use that singular point in time as the reference for when I commenced adulthood…

> Repair your stuff, or get it repaired - Clothes I know some people bark about the non-technical stuff on HN, but a post about darning changed my life. When I get a hole in my jeans these days I will actually fix them rather than just buy a new pair. It’s frankly saved me thousands of dollars and is pretty relaxing and satisfying to do. Took some digging, it’s apparently not up anymore https://web.archive.org/web/20190321220452/https://dieworkwe...

Here is mine: you can pay local tailors to alter or make garments to measure. Terminology is confusing, but usually made to measure is when a garment (jacket, coat, shirt, trousers) is made to your specifications on demand. Services vary, but usually the size will be adjusted to your measurements, and you can choose fabrics and construction details. Many local tailors will do this, and the price isn't much higher than an off the rack piece. If you are buying…

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