Yes, people conflate fashion with clothing, the necessity, and they believe they should be able to enjoy fashion affordably as though it’s a necessity.

There are other things like this. People expect to be able to access the things they like without friction, and luxuries become necessities. Meat is a similar example in North America, where it’s terrible for the environment and extremely resource and labour intensive, yet people get upset when they can’t get a pound for pennies.

Both industries benefit greatly from people thinking of the product as a necessity or close to it.