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Can there be a more compelling reason for the masses to have more kids than to have a ready made recipient of endless hand-me-down articles of clothing? Here's a way to show that quality never goes out of style and one (like this, anyway) is enough.
Strategically design an extra pair of smaller sleeves
and pant legs on midsize garments. Then a smaller version of the adult-to-be can put them on and wear them stylishly loose fitting until one's arms or legs lengthen and one must graduate to the larger pair of sleeves or legs. Extra fabric could be held out of place with snaps or Velcro. Hey, my kid the transformer!
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Some sort of method for folding cuffs inside would keep my kids from looking like they shrunk in the wash. |
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The idea is clear enough, but how would something like this control population? |
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Expandable clothes -- cool idea! Kids' clothes could have zippers at all the seams, and additional material, sleeves, legs, interchangeable collars, etc. could be available to grown into and accessorize. The inital fabric panels could really be worn "for life." |
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Although zippers might not work... I think adding panels would be preferable to carrying the extra fabric around. |
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The clothing a child wears is one of the traditional ways
that they are differentiated from adults... childhood is in
enough jeopardy without this infraction. Heck. It's bad
enough all of the adults these days insist on looking like
their teenagers.
For an enlightening commentary on the state of
childhood, read "The Disappearance of Childhood" by Neil
Postman. |
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Children are differentiated from adults by being smaller and looking different. 'Childhood' will not be in jeopardy until there's some serious progress in biotechnology. Among the things that are in jeopardy are adult fantasies about childhood (innocence and freedom ones) and the specific ways in which current generations of adults lived and were treated when they were children themselves. On the balance, this is probably not a bad thing. |
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It wasn't until the 1800s that there was such a concept as "clothing for children"-- previously, kids wore miniature versions of whatever Mom and Dad wore. Corsets and farthingales on 9-year old girls-- not much fun for the kids. |
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Population control is best effected by the parents wearing prophylactics, not by making the kids wear special clothes. |
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I have a set of clothes that grow. |
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It's called my birthday suit :) |
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Hmmm. I tend to make a distinction between my skin and my clothing. Nice suit, by the way. |
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(hehe) how about just a nice, soft slow growing moss based cloth that will grow with the child.. |
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Garou, you mean something like body hair? Hey, there we go... |
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Seems good at first... But most kids wreck outfits pretty quickly... much more quickly than they outgrow them. And it seems like all the extra fabric would make the clothes bulky and hot. |
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The idea is clear enough, but how would something like this
control population? |
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The same way that unattractive people don't get dates very
often I suppose. |
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