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These labels encourage style-conscious consumers to see clothes as disposable — meant to last only a wash or two, although they don’t advertise that — and to renew their wardrobe every few weeks.

这些品牌鼓励注重时尚的消费者把衣服看作一次性用品——只打算穿到洗一两次为止，尽管它们并不会这样宣传——并且每隔几周就更新一次衣橱。

Children were not colour-coded at all until the early 20th century: in the era before domestic washing machines all babies wore white as a practical matter, since the only way of getting clothes clean was to boil them.

直到20世纪初，儿童根本没有用颜色来区分：在家用洗衣机出现之前的年代，出于实际考虑，所有婴儿都穿白色，因为把衣服洗干净的唯一办法就是用水煮。

A badly run “year of culture” washes in and out of a place like the tide, bringing prominence for a spell but leaving no lasting benefits to the community.

一个运作不善的“文化年”就像潮水一样在一个地方涨了又退，带来一时的瞩目，却不会给社区留下任何持久的益处。