Before you go shopping, before you build out your wardrobe, and even before you create a clothing wish list to fill those wardrobe gaps learn what type of clothing is quality clothing. Why? Because the quality of your clothing matters if you want to create longevity, love everything you own, and outfit repeat for years to come.
When you think about quality clothing one of the first things you’re likely wondering is what brands are best to shop at, and how you can incorporate quality clothing into your wardrobe without spending an arm and a leg. Well this post of going to go through everything so keep on reading! Think of this as a mini guide to everything you need to know about quality clothing.
Should I Buy Quality Clothing
If you’re looking to create longevity in your wardrobe quality clothing will help you do that, so yes you should buy quality clothing if your goals are to have an overall better wardrobe. This doesn’t necessarily mean you’ll be spending a lot more money, it means looking for fabrics and craftsmanship that will stand the test of time. Quality does make a difference, you can feel it on your skin, the way it fits, and how it looks. Its levelling up your wardrobe game so you can feel good.
Creating a base is a good place to start, a core capsule wardrobe sets the tone for everything else in your wardrobe and when you start off with a good foundation it’s easier to keep on top of what you add.
How to Find Quality Clothing
When looking for quality clothing check what fabric the garment is made from, you can easily do this on the brands website in the product description or in store by checking the label. This information is readily available for anyone so that can be your first clue. The thing with this is you have to learn what fabrics are good quality and which aren’t, that isn’t difficult to do either with a quick Google search. Luckily for you I’ve outlined fabric detail in this post.
Another tip for how to find quality clothing is to check the price tag, if a garment is cheap or the brand is known to be cheap the quality of the clothing is, you guessed it-cheap. You can also look for vintage clothing like blazers or other bigger items, most vintage or second hand stores have great quality pieces.
Where to Buy Quality Clothing
Here are a list of brands that offer quality clothing at an affordable price:
- Encircled
- Frank and Oak
- Everlane
- Various brands at Anthropologie
- Eileen Fisher
- Jenni Kayne
- Kotn
- Organic basics
- ABLE
- Anine Bing
Pick a few brands and rotate between them, you don’t have to shop everywhere. Also check to see where it’s made, smaller more ethical factories create better quality clothing whereas mass produced factories are mainly focused on quantity.
What Are Quality Clothing Materials
Quality clothing materials are typically fibres that are woven closer together and tighter and are properly dyed. more expensive materials are not necessarily better quality, so when you’re buying an expensive piece if possible make sure to touch the material so you get an idea of what the quality is like. Most of the time when looking, touching and trying on a garment you can get a good idea of the quality.
Natural materials like cashmere,wool,cotton, and silk tend to be better quality, and less mass produced. Mass produced clothing air on the side of less quality, it’s like anything in life too much of something lessens the quality of it.
Synthetic materials like polyester and rayon are typically poor quality and don’t stand the test of time. A good strategy to check material quality is to check the structure of the fabric, pull it a little and see how much stretch it has, check the stitching and turn it inside out to check the structure of the inside. These tips take only a few seconds but give away a lot of information.
What Does Quality Clothing Mean
Clothing that not only looks and feels good on you but lasts for your everyday life. At a larger, deeper scale with the change in the global fashion industry quality clothing continues to decrease as demand increases this means mass produced fashion mirrors a fast-fashion low quality narrative.
To consumers quality has meant less. Less consumption, less quantity, less running after the next trend. Quality fashion can be a rebel to the fast fashion space, think capsule wardrobes filled with high quality garments meant to be worn over and over again.
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Incorporating Quality Fashion into Your Wardrobe
Take things slow when incorporating quality fashion into your wardrobe. It takes time to learn about fabric so you can start of by creating a list of brands you like shopping at the most, finding out what the quality of their garments are like and rotate between them when shopping. Minimizing your choices is really helpful.
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Three benefits to having a quality wardrobe include:
Longevity. You will have the pieces forever, and won’t feel the pressure to buy new because you already have the best, and each piece means something to you.
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Financial, by choosing well and less you can actually save money in the long run by not buying 5 cheaply made sweaters that last one season and need to be replaced!
Confidence, you will feel damn good about what you’re wearing.
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You made a great point about checking the product description for the type of fabric a piece of clothing is made from to determine if it’s of quality. My sister wants to buy more clothing to add to her fall wardrobe. I think it would also be smart for her to read reviews of potential boutiques overall to make sure they provide quality clothes.
Thanks for your feedback Charlotte, yes that’s a good idea when looking for a retailer to shop. Google reviews are always a good place to start. I would say 90% of the time they’re authentic. Good luck to her!