8 Details That Make Expensive Clothes Look For A Bargain Price

The popular phrase “We’re not rich enough to buy cheap stuff” is attributed to a number of famous people, including playwright Bernard Shaw and French fashion designer Madeleine Vionne. It turns out that saving money is not always worth it, since cheap things quickly deteriorate and have to be replaced. However, many times we fall into an even more unpleasant situation: we buy an expensive outfit, but some insignificant detail takes away all the elegance of the piece.

We, from awesome.club, we don’t want to fall into such a trap, so we study and take note of some details that can make an expensive part look cheap and low quality.

Stylish belts are thin and minimalist, usually made of leather. Choosing a belt is associated with a set of unspoken rules, and for most looks, be it a dress, jeans or a jacket, the ideal option is a width of 1 to 5 cm. A wide, elastic belt is the exact opposite of what might be called a sophisticated accessory. In addition to looking cheap, it’s not practical at all: after a while, it stretches and takes on a sloppy look. Fashionistas remember that wide belts were extremely popular back in 2006, but have thankfully gone out of the picture in recent years.

Many experts claim that low-quality large buttons made of cheap plastic can turn even the most expensive parts into something dull.

I once changed the buttons on an Amazon skirt and people started asking me if it was a Chanel skirt. The secret is that I replaced the simple beige plastic buttons with pearl buttons in a gold metal frame. © Rachel L. Kennedy / thekennedycurate.com

Clothing manufacturers can use labels as a way to express their brand values. Labels usually feature a logo or slogan and sometimes even funny sayings or wishes to customers. Therefore, fragile tags immediately “give away” a low-priced item: too large, made of low-quality material, a tag that appears from under clothes certainly does not add elegance to the look.

Sabina Jacobs, an expert in luxury goods authentication, says: “Zips are an indicator of whether a branded item is authentic or not. Genuine zippers are usually branded (the letter ‘B’ on Balenciaga branded zippers, ‘DIOR’ on Dior and ‘GUCCI’ on the back of Gucci zippers). In addition, they are of superior quality and open and close smoothly”.

If you put on a dress shirt and find it stretches across your chest and exposes something that shouldn’t be visible, you have two options. The first is that you simply chose the wrong size. The second is that the manufacturers saved material and sewed the buttons incorrectly.

In the modern world, some manufacturers try to save on everything. Therefore, even if you find clothing that is 100% wool, silk or cotton, the fabric may be of low quality, being thin and transparent. This means that the pockets will show, leaving the piece looking cheap.

On high-quality garments, patterns such as checks or stripes must match the seam lines. But for this, manufacturers must spend kilometers on “extra” fabric, which definitely affects the price of the garment. Therefore, to save money, this detail is often overlooked in lower-priced clothing.

The quality of a leather bag can be determined by the color of the thread used to sew the details. The book Quality Control Technique: Leather Products Cutting Department 🇧🇷Quality Control Techniques: Leather Cutting) says: the same color of all details can add elegance to a product. Manufacturers of cheap accessories do not pay attention to such “insignificant details”, which makes the product look unpresentable.

What detail do you pay attention to when buying clothes? Share your tricks in the comments section.