I wanted to throw a pair of trousers away because the leg bottoms began to fray. But my wife hesitated because she believed the rest of it was still good.

To throw the trousers away or keep wearing them was not the question.

Except for my growing desire to wear new ones, I believed manufacturers of trousers would go bankrupt if most of us kept patching them up to get some more life out of them. For the development and sustainability of the garment industry, we need to throw away clothes that are either out of fashion or look worn out.