I tried to spend $60+ on t-shirts and guess what, the same crap that turns “shoddy” after a short while. Part of a problem is that bad fashion mimics the normal one and if you aren’t into brand tracking or what they call it, you can’t make good guesses.
I decided to not worry much about my clothing cause my look-matters phase is long gone anyway. When it’s official, I wear a decent official look. When not, I look like a basic dude and let it hurt their fashion/status feelings.
My experience is that there is a difference in quality between ~10 € and ~40 € T-Shirts, where the 40 € shirts look a lot nicer after about a year of wear. (But it obviously depends on the brand.)
I decided to not worry much about my clothing cause my look-matters phase is long gone anyway. When it’s official, I wear a decent official look. When not, I look like a basic dude and let it hurt their fashion/status feelings.