Are you getting the best when it comes to buying clothing? Does what you wear matters to you? Check out these 4 tips to guarantee you’re getting the most out of your clothing the next time you shop for clothing.
- Check for the clothe’s fiber content and size up what it is made out of. That is the first thing to do. Most high-quality clothing is made out of 100% natural fibers. This list will include fibers extracted from plants and animals like cotton, wool, linen.
2. Take your hand literally feel the weight, stretch, and softness of the garment or product. Is it light, rough, brittle, or thin? If it is, more than likely it is of lower quality. High-end clothing is often of a heavier weight because it is made out of real fibers, metals, and embellishments. However, the fabric doesn’t necessarily need to be heavy to be good. If the yarns are tightly packed but thin, the cloth can still be lightweight. What you’re looking for is density. Also, a great garment is going the feel smooth and soft to the touch, almost like butter. There won’t be any nicks that scratch you and snags that catch you off guard.
3. Sometimes designers use synthetic materials for design reasons, but be very cautious of blended fibers. Most use some form of polyester, acrylic, spandex, rayon, and other manmade fibers made from plastics and even petrochemicals. A solid way to always decipher if you’re getting good quality is to do the 80/20 test. This means that at the bare minimum, 80% of your garment should be made out of natural fibers and 20% out of synthetic fibers for it to be considered of quality
4. WATCH OUT FOR MISSED STEPS, this might be one of the most obvious ways to tell at a glance if a garment or product lives up to the hype. If the product has a print on it or embellishments throughout but mysteriously misses the complete backside of it, then please click next. A great design will have its print covering the entire garment, no questions asked. Some other things your garment should have are sturdy buttonholes, interfacing, inner binding, and fabrics should be cut either straight along the grain or in the case of a bias cut, on a clear angle, usually, 45 degrees, which allows for the fabric to stretch.
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