This also got me interested in sashiko - a mending/strengthening technique that has intrinsic aesthetic value.
But there's an elephant in the room. One which I, and I suspect many people, are a bit embarrassed to admit - the pleasure hit one receives from buying a new thing.
There is a lacanian psychoanalytic dimension to this, which I won't get into because it's a rabbit hole, but it has to do with the confluence of human desire and consumerism.
2/ #eco