What about the rise of thrifting? Going into thrift stores&#x2F;flea markets looking for high value, heritage menswear pieces for a fraction of their selling price isn&#x27;t only budget friendly and guaranteed to have you looking good (if you&#x27;re not an idiot and can find a fit that a tailor can polish off), but people do it because they don&#x27;t want to buy into fast fashion and the planned obsolescence cycle of a lot of new clothes.<p>An easy parallel can be seen here with clothes and furniture. While younger people won&#x27;t be dropping 6 mil on the desk from the article, they might consider buying an antique, well-made, durable night table instead of its flimsy ikea counterpart if they know it&#x27;ll last and won&#x27;t morph into wobbly garbage in a year. Doubly true for Chinese knock offs and walmart brand items.