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by pllbnk 54 days ago
Blame the fashion industry. Every year they come up with something new that is fashionable that year - a style, a color. Year over year it doesn’t have much impact on majority of people but over several years it compounds and your clothes become not trendy or old fashioned. That’s why BIFL doesn’t work for people. They wouldn’t want to pay a significant premium for quality clothing that they can wear for 10 years when it will likely be out of fashion after 5.