Fascinating article. This has happened to me several times, the most notable of which occurred when I spent an unusual sum of money on a fine Italian shirt for a wedding reception, and everything went crazy after that. I opened my closet one day and I had thousands of dollars of shirts, all of which I wore, but I couldn’t afford. Most of those shirts are gone now, due to their limited shelf life, but as luck would have it, the original Italian shirt was so well made, it’s still in my closet and looks brand new. I’ve worn it and washed it a hundred times and it looks as good as the day I bought it. I’ve never had another shirt like it.