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Levi Strauss Replaces Human Sanding With Automated Lasers (bloomberg.com)
_Sharp'r_ writes: Stressing jeans used to require 300 to 400 workers with sandpaper all day. Now Levi Strauss does a better job by shooting their new jeans with computer-guided lasers in intricate patterns generated in CAD systems. Along the way, they save water and "will cut the number of chemicals it uses to produce jeans from 1,000 to a few dozen," reports Bloomberg.
Now that these expensive 300-400 workers have been removed from the total cost of producing said jeans, the consumer price will surely drop.
On a long enough timeline, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero.
My new product line:
Clothing that was only pre-worn by svelte runway models, hand fed on vegan non-GMO wood pellets and rainwater direct from the skies, unsullied by man-made chemicals. Clothing whose materials are only the finest naturally grown, recycled hemp, crafted in the dark by underprivileged, overpaid tibetan monks. Clothing that is always one of a kind, and intentionally may not fit anyone perfectly to enhance our body positive vibes.
My brand is Smug - I'm Simply Better Than You.
My new product line:
Clothing that was only pre-worn by svelte runway models, hand fed on vegan non-GMO wood pellets and rainwater direct from the skies, unsullied by man-made chemicals. Clothing whose materials are only the finest naturally grown, recycled hemp, crafted in the dark by underprivileged, overpaid tibetan monks. Clothing that is always one of a kind, and intentionally may not fit anyone perfectly to enhance our body positive vibes.
My brand is Smug - I'm Simply Better Than You.
I'm guessing the models are all kids, because I don't think humans will live all that long on a diet of wood.
Don't worry, it's all just a sales marketing pitch anyway. Their clothes come from the same asian workshops as everybody elses.