overdressed: the high cost of cheap fashion. The other links and comments are interesting, such as Cheap clothing's high cost (Infographic) and

The average American buys 64 pieces of clothing a year. That’s more new tank tops and jeggings than there are weeks in which to wear them. And we buy those items, often, with the tacit understanding that the pullover purchased in January isn’t going to make it to Christmas — or even spring equinox.