The Sinister Side of Sequins

My last encounter with sequins was on a cruise ship. I was sitting aside the aisle in the ship's theater and Charro was performing. As part of her performance she came down the aisle and pulled my head into her large sweaty breasts and shouting her trademark, "Guchi - Guichi'.

The people I was traveling with thought I was embarrassed by this because my face turned bright read. They were wrong! I was being sufficated.

Actually, in retrospect, I may have ingested a sequin.

Those flimsy-looking stage sequined stage garments are made of very heavy weight, 'industrial strength' fabric.

I was unaware of how damaging to the environment that sequins have been, so some changes are needed. I vow to never purchase any sequined outfit.

Further, I will never again allow my face to be stuffed between two large breasts of any woman who is wearing a sequined outfit.

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Well, duh plastics are bad in all forms. Vintage sequins were made out of metal, but still awful. 

I'm waiting for someone to realize feathers are bad. Lots of birds give there lives for hats. I'm looking at the new queen consort especially. Whole flocks of birds seem to end up on her head. 

Only 9% of plastic is recyclable, the rest 91% is not,  due to material properties. So that 91% goes to landfills 85% and the ocean 6%.

Sequins just don't match up to my Levi's and wool shirts. 

And sequins is just a minor portion of all the plastics 'consumed' by humans. We have a long path ahead. 
Sorry, may need subscription... Bloomberg 

"How Plastic Pollution Causes Climate Change"

https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2022-plastic-climate-change-pollution-data/

From the article ...

"Plastic production is going to continue its explosive growth — and that’s by design. Oil majors have explicitly said they expect it to help make up for declining revenues from fuel sales as countries shift to clean energy. The US fracking boom contributed to the buildout of the domestic petrochemical industry, which now exports raw materials for plastic manufacturing around the world. In the US alone, some $200 billion was invested between 2010 and 2018 to secure natural gas supplies for plastics and other chemicals.

Estimating how much global plastic production will grow in the future is tricky since it is based on industry-provided numbers. The OECD says it could triple by 2060 to 1.2 billion metric tons.

But one thing is certain: As production rises, so will the carbon emissions of the industry.

The infrastructure in the US is growing. There are currently 201 working factories that support plastic production. But another 36 projects — some new, some expansions of current plants — are in permitting or construction and should be complete by 2029, according to the organization Material Research. If all become fully operational, they will potentially add at least 94 million tons of emissions on top of what occurs now. (That figure does not account for 10 of the 36 plants because information on their potential emissions is not yet available.)"

I did not wear for the holidays, but I did wear a 'flapper dress" costume for Halloween.  I will say those sequins were all over my house and car.  
I will be more conscious when purchasing clothing for sure!

Articles like these always make me think of the famous quote from the film The Graduate. 

https://youtu.be/PSxihhBzCjk

The Graduate "One Word: Plastics"

The Graduate "One Word: Plastics"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSxihhBzCjk

I feel we should have products that can be recycled! This would reduce the need for raw materials and energy! 

We must start being more aware of the long-term consequences of trivial things like sequins. Banning sequins would do little harm and could help clean the planet.

No I didn't wear anything with sequens-thank heaven now that I've read this article.  I didn't know how damaging they can/are to the env. so now I'll never wear anything or buy anything with sequens on it.  Thanks for educating me and I'm sure others about this problem.

So how is everyone? Still in your never ending Leftist vacuum of self rightousness? 

I avoid sequins. Had one dress totally covered in sequins and it was the most uncomfortable dress. Wore it once and put it in storage.

I don't typically wear sequins and was not aware how harmful they are, but I'm not surprised. Both glitter and synthetic materials are bad for the environment, so it follows that sequins are as well.

Hopefully people will reduce their use of them and be aware of the consequences of disposing of them now that reports like this are out.

No - Sequins and glitter all eventually become microplastics. Plastics of all kinds, forms and sizes are the #1 environmental pollutant, next to petrochemical biocides.

I rather enjoyed JimK’s ‘uplifting’ story his close encounter. A bunch more sparkling than mine.

These items on clothing may look cute on a go go dancer like Charo but they look pretty uncomfortable to wear. I would think to put them in a washing machine would totally destroy them so they probably have to be dried cleaned or hand washed. 

I know I personally don't take the wife's sequins jacket out to the ocean to dispose of them. Turtles may be the dumbest animals in the world. They eat every plastic item they see put plastic straws in their nose and now eat sequins that people went out on boats to drop off in the ocean.