This resonates with me. And I think we need to include the environmental cost as well of discarding "broken" clothes.
Just yesterday I snagged a hole in a sweater, and while it has been a popular workhorse over one and half winters, I feel cross and disappointed. It was good quality and I have treated it carefully, but tissue thin sweaters are prone to holes and hard to fix. I will now have to either wear this with a scarf or wear it for lounge wear....Next time I buy a sweater I should consider whether it is so thin it will tear easily because I don't want to have to replace them this often.
