Re-Train Yourself to Spot ‘Value’
“I would argue that, my generation and the one younger than me, I don’t think that they even know what a well-made garment looks like,” Cline told me. She added that she actually hired a wardrobe consultant to teach her how to spot quality clothing. Though not everyone could possibly go to such great lengths, Cline says that you can also learn a lot about quality from looking at vintage garments. Most importantly, though, is that consumers change how they think about real value when it comes to clothing. “People are so trained to want quantity over quality, to prize having a lot of clothes [and get them for low prices],” Cline said. “But clothes that are made in smaller numbers with good materials where the labor is fairly paid, it’s not going to be cheap.” But it’s going to be worth it.