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customerserviceguy

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5. Nice idea, but

Reply to procon (Original post)

Thu Sep 7, 2017, 11:40 AM

Sep 2017

I expect the existing baby clothes market to find a way to shut this down somehow. Their whole business model is dependent on making disposable clothing that can barely be handed down or sold on secondary markets. Relative to their size, babies are super-consumers, and there's a whole industry around that fact.

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Student invents clothes that 'grow' as babies do. [View all] procon Sep 2017 OP

Clothes that grow with you - great idea klook Sep 2017 #1

What impressed me was the inventor's background is aeronautical engineering. procon Sep 2017 #3

we would have gone broke w/o thrift shops, but still mopinko Sep 2017 #4

Erm, he could do it for all of us ladies, and find a whole new market. Baitball Blogger Sep 2017 #2

Nice idea, but customerserviceguy Sep 2017 #5

I thought so too, at first, but then I figured consumer demand would still drive procon Sep 2017 #7

IDK, it's not that hard to find on the secondary market Johonny Sep 2017 #11

Easier solution: Thrift Store. JoeStuckInOH Sep 2017 #6

How does it hold up after multiple washings? n/t Yavin4 Sep 2017 #8

He says the pleats are "baked in" so the clothing is machine washable. procon Sep 2017 #10

"Invents" is the wrong word. surrealAmerican Sep 2017 #9