[lqet]

I would expect that. Clothes last significantly longer than shoes (you can wear a cheap T-Shirt for way over 5 years, but even good midrange shoes start to fall apart after 2 years). It is also fairly easy to repair or even make clothes at home. But shoes?

[agumonkey]

I'd say one would suffer a lot more with borked shoes than torn upper clothing.

[bluedino]

Shoes might fall apart in 2 years if you wear them every day. Do you wear the same t-shirt every day?

[Cthulhu_]

Yeah, false equivalence. If you wear a dozen shoes on rotation, they will also last for 5 years.