Comment by mh2266
14 hours ago
Is there any type of clothing that existed in the 1800s that you could actually not buy or have custom made today?
On the other hand, you could not buy a Gore-Tex Pro shell or an ultralight down jacket for any price in 1800.
Dhaka muslin most famously isn't producible today due to a lack of knowledge. More broadly a lot of weaving techniques have been lost since they don’t make sense to do with machinery.
I don’t disagree that there are a lot of gains, including on net, just that it hasn’t been a pareto improvement with no losses at all.