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[quote=Anonymous]When I was in my 20s my mom pulled out a box of clothing she had when she was first married in the 1950s. She never had much money, but the quality of the items was amazing. Some of them I wore and they held up beautifully until they were lost during a move a few years later.

But I looked it up, and back then people spent about 12 to 14% of their budget on clothes, but had far fewer items. I used to have some vintage self help beauty and grooming books from that era, and there is a reason why Sunday evening was designated as the time to check your wardrobe for minor damage like loose or missing buttons to take care of before Monday. Now, we spend 3% on clothing and have far more items in our closets.

You could tell a poor person or child by their clothes--mended, children beginning to outgrow something they still had to wear another season. Shoppers would look for large seam allowances to be able to let out garments, hems that could be let down.

I remember reading maybe 10 years ago about how textile costs had been increasing so manufacturers went to lighter weight fabrics (less thread to weave the fabric), compensating with cheap decorative flourishes (machine embroidery on jeans was an example).

10 years ago I bought my son a warm coat for xmas. I don't remember the brand, it was one that has been around since the 1940s and was marked down from $300 or more. Within a week a seam had simply opened up. Returned it, same thing happened with the next one. Thread was very, very lightweight. Rather than returning, I took it to a seamstress shop I like and had some seams redone. Cost $100 but then the coat held up after that.

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