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Re:Americans are spending less on clothing by astura on Wednesday February 07, 2018 @11:47AM (#16325770)
You're explanation is not less complicated and far from the simplest, a much simpler explanation is clothes are simply cheaper.

Dunno if that's true or not, but I suspect it is just from my experience. "Fast fashion" has really taken off.

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Re:Americans are spending less on clothing by wott on Wednesday February 07, 2018 @12:10PM (#16326011)
Yes, with the invasion of cheap Chinese (and alike) stuff, I calculated that you can can dressed with about 3% of the minimal wage in my country (where income is a bit below the one in the USA).
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