Y’know what absolutely sucks for women???
Our clothes falling apart after very little use.
I remember back when I used to love fashion and buying new clothes, I would always dread putting new pieces in the wash because you never knew if they would come out looking like crap.
I bought a very nice suit for my corporate finance job.
I wore it twice.
Both the pants and the jacket now need to be repaired.
This is not unusual in women’s clothes, even “high quality” pieces. This is why I pretty much gave up on buying nice clothes and have stuck with almost 100% athletic gear for the past 5 years, because athletic gear is designed to take a beating, so I don’t worry about torn seams and broken zippers all the time.
Fucking hell.
I don't buy a lot of clothing (my wife does most of the clothes shopping in our household), but I do buy a lot of tools. There are cheap tools that fall apart really fast, there are cheap tools that don't work very well, there are cheap tools that don't work well AND fall apart quickly, and then there are cheap tools that do a fine job and last a long time. I've pretty much learned how to tell the difference most of the time. I've learned what brands to trust and which to avoid. I've learned how to spot a lot of the subtle differences between shoddy or quality tools.
I've bought a few men's "fashion" clothing items over the years. All turned out to have shoddy construction and they didn't last. But if I buy sensible clothing that's made out of fabrics that have staying power, and constructed in a reasonable way, the clothes last.
My wife doesn't seem to have a problem with buying clothes for herself that last, either. She rarely purchases expensive clothing items, either. Dresses well when she wants to and doesn't when she doesn't. Maybe it's because she took the time to learn how to sew and therefore understands fabrics and and garment construction, so she can recognize quality when she sees it.
Maybe folks are shopping in the wrong stores or looking at the wrong products.
Or maybe my wife is just the Warren Buffet of finding inexpensive, long-lasting garments. Dunno.
If you're happy with your clothes shopping results, then by all means, carry on.
If you're not, and you spend a lot on clothes and don't want to, then maybe there's room for improvement in how you go about it.
And if you're absolutely sure you're doing everything right but don't like how much you're paying, and are absolutely positive it's society's fault despite the evidence that other women have succeeded at dressing well on a budget; then blame away.