Why cheap clothes cost you too much

Adhere to the principle of comfort

Comfort is simple: spend money on the sphere, which are giving most of their time. For example, if you frequently work on the computer, we must first take care of a comfortable chair and a good desktop.

This principle works well and with clothes. Most of us spends all day in it. So, we need to first of all make sure that she was comfortable and beautiful.

Clothing is not an investment in a literal sense: it does not rise in price and you can not sell it more expensive than bought (it is not on the rarities). And still useful to think of it as a down payment for your daily comfort and confidence that you look good.

For example, it is better to have two jeansThat look good and fit well, they allow you to look good and are very long, as six of jeans that "like anything," but it tight, then pressed and last for not more than a year.

Not everyone is ready to buy a t-shirt for the 12-15 thousand rubles: it is unreasonably expensive. The impression is that these things are the elves sew tears of virgins, caught in the moonlit night, or where such prices? But spend 5000 rubles for a set of user-friendly T-shirts for the daily socks - this is normal.

Quality clothing allows you to feel good

People have a variety of shapes and sizes, and cheap clothes still sewn on one of the "ideal man ", because of which I constantly have to bear after buying jeans in the studio, to trim leg.

Substandard shirt, for example, look terrible on people who do not have a special way. If the shirt is in some place more loose or hard, you feel uncomfortable. This is reflected in the language of your body, which is easily understood by other people (often unconsciously) and forms relevant to you.

Whether we like it or not, but the clothes - it's part our personality. Your clothes show your social status and the way you feel about yourself and the world. Just a couple of good things can make you proud of your appearance.

Spending money on quality clothes sometimes seem frivolous, but in some cases you can not afford to save money on clothes. For example, when you want to get a prestigious job.

Do the math before you buy

Cheap clothes in the long-term costs to you is not cheap. Poorly sewn things from substandard materials wear out more quickly. You have to spend money on repairs, then you will still throw out this stuff and buy new. While the quality of clothes you could wear two to three times longer without any repair costs.

The point is not to make more spend on clothes. The idea is to spend a little more on some good things, and not clog wardrobe nonsense.

Everything can be calculated. fashion blog Legos in my Louis advises to calculate the "cost of wear and tear," according to the formula:

• things cost + cost of maintaining it in good condition / term socks.

For example, you bought a nice but expensive jeans (7000 rubles), which will serve you for five years. We consider:

• 7000 rubles + 300 rubles (buying powder and stain remover for 5 years) / 780 days (3 days for over 5 years per week) = 9.3 ruble per day.

Now imagine that you bought cheap jeans for 1500 rubles. They will last you for a year before they tear or rub off. We consider:

• 1500 rubles + 100 rubles (detergent) + 400 rubles (undercut long sleeve, replacing broken zipper, and other similar expenses) / 156 days (3 days a week throughout the year) = 12.8 rubles in a day.

It turns out more expensive. In addition, each year you will need to go to the store again and buy new jeans, and they will look worse than the expensive ones.

Of course, this formula only works for things that you are going to wear all the time. If you choose, for example, a swimsuit that fits 10 times a year for 3-4 hours, will be cheaper to buy a cheap option and save the money for other things.

That's why, before you buy something, you need to think things through.

Expensive clothes and impulsive purchases

Cheap clothes suggests impulsive purchasesThat is far more dangerous for your wallet than periodic solid waste on the quality stuff.

Spend 500 rubles here 1000 rubles there - I think it is utter nonsense. But if you add up all these costs, obtained large sums. So you can for a year spend a lot of money on clothes, and eventually carry only two or three things from everything bought.

When you buy something high quality, you know that spend a significant amount, which means that you think long before you do it.

Do you think whether you need this thing, how often you wear it, how much you want to buy it. You assess the quality of all things: its color, as she sits as felt.

As Heather explains Levin (Heather Levin) article at Money Crashers, it is useful to have quality clothes in the wardrobe, because you spend on it more money and it means something to you. Do you really think about your purchase, consider and evaluate it, and do not buy a thing just because it looked cool on a mannequin when you walked by.

How to make sure that you buy quality clothing

Expensive thing pleasant to wear and which are well stitched, do not mind to buy, even for a large sum. Especially if you know that you will wear it often. Unfortunately, not all expensive things quality.

If you do not know how to distinguish between well-tailored clothes, you need to find a point of reference. Go to a store that you know sells quality stuff. They can be very expensive, but you do not need to buy them. Suffice it to read and remember the details.

Look at the seams (the more stitches per centimeter, the better). Find out from a fabric made things, remember what it feels. Check how well are attached to buttons clothes, buttons and more. Once you have all sides appreciate quality clothes and remember all of her symptoms, go to the store with affordable prices and choose something similar.

If you do not want a long walk, pay attention to the seams. Pull the fabric to the seam in different directions if there is free space, bad thing sewn long and you do not serve.

Here are some good rules of buying clothes:

1. Do not chase titles. Clothes, even the most well-known brands may be defective.
2. Try on before you buy. This will help to test how clothing is comfortable and it is sitting on you.
3. Spend more on the fact that most wear. There are things that you wear constantly, jeans and T-shirts, shirts and dresses. Rationally will spend more money on the clothes than a fantastically beautiful evening dress or suit that you wear a couple of times in my life.
4. Spend less on what wear rarely. On bathing suits and other clothes that you put on a few times a year, you can save: these things are unlikely to wear down quickly.
5. Do not buy designer clothing at the end of the year. Designers present new collections of spring and autumn. At the end of the year enterprises producing clothes for their designs, lower prices for goods and produce trendy things less efficiently and of cheaper materials.
6. Order the things in the studio. The better you sit the thing is, the more likely you will be wearing it.
7. Try to buy clothes that are suited to all. Choosing clothes, think about what it is possible to combine. For example, buy a pair of jeans that fit all your T-shirts and shirts: you do not have to buy some more and you can create more images with fewer clothes.
8. Learn to mend clothes. If favorite thing torn, you can always sew it yourself or give it to the studio. And if you soiled thing, quick response and knowledge of that than satisfied with this content, help remove the stain without a trace.

And what approach to buying clothes you use?