It Is Better to Buy Just a Few Expensive Clothes
Written by Lilie
7.5 in Academic Writing
October 2, 2022
It is better to buy just a few expensive clothes, rather than lots of cheaper clothes. Do you agree or disagree?
This essay question is from Cambridge IELTS 17 General Training Test 3 Writing Task 2.
Sample Essay
It is better to purchase a few pricey clothes than a ton of inexpensive ones. I completely agree with this point of view because, otherwise, we will experience decision fatigue and harm the planet.
Owning just a few high-end garments helps to reduce decision fatigue. According to studies, our capacity to consistently make well-thought-out decisions is finite. If we spend a lot of our mental energy deciding on trivial things like what clothes to buy and what to wear, we will feel mentally exhausted by the time we need to make important decisions. The result will be that we make bad decisions about them. This is why Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg always wears the same $400 grey T-shirts. This way, he can make critical business decisions with a clear head.
Purchasing tons of cheap clothes also damages the environment. These low quality clothes wear out fast and go out of style fast. As a result, many people wear them only a few times before throwing them away. Sadly, only a small proportion of discarded clothes are recycled or donated. Most go directly to landfill or are incinerated, polluting the land and air. Expensive clothing, on the other hand, is usually made of long-lasting materials and has timeless designs, so people tend to keep it for a long time. This means less waste on Earth.
In conclusion, purchasing a lot of cheap outfits not only leads to decision fatigue but also harms the environment. Therefore, it is better to own only a few costly pieces of clothing. (256 Words)
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Rather than buying tons of inexpensive clothes, few pricey attires are far more acceptable. I totally agree with this statement because valued outfits bring mental peace in one hand and keep persons taste in trendy as per social status.
Human mind is made of complex wants and needs, as they are always in dilemma, being unknown of their needs and confused to make decision. In every situation of life, not only to choose any other items, specially before buying clothes, buyers show their anxiety of unsurety that, if these clothes might not suit them. This very behavior led them to buy high-priced garments, because they loop their mindset as low budgeted things are not suitable for them. In this case self-satisfaction brings psychological stability.
People are always careful to keep themselves in pace with society, culture and tradition as well. Status being their first priority make them conscious that they should not wear such clothes, on that spectator might get chance to comment or get odd feelings about them. To exemplify, since reneseries, French became more conscious about their attire, as they thought such practice will enrich their social value and keep that in mind, they were evolving styles of clothes, buying expensive dresses. Until today, if someone wear low budgeted clothes, they live every moment of their life with this inferior complexity.
In summary, purchasing cheap clothes not only lead people to decision fatigue but also make them feeling that they are not compatible with this developing society
In the conclusion paragraph, don’t you mean purchasing high-end clothes??
Hi, Shereen. No, I mean ‘purchasing cheap outfits’.
It is better to buy just a few expensive clothes rather than lots of cheaper clothes.
I would totally agree with the claim that it is a better choice to purchase just a few pricey clothes rather than many cheaper clothes, because of their high-end quality.
Expensive clothes are usually made of very fine garments with well-detailed designs which make us feel pretty comfortable and look classy. In addition, they are wearable and due to its minimalistic vibe, it is appropriate for most occasions. As a result, our time will not be wasted shopping around.
Although cheap clothes are pretty affordable for most of us, they are not suitable to wear at anytime since their designs tend to follow trends. Moreover, cheap fabrics from which they are made of cannot be recycled and wear out easily. Therefore, buying tons of cheap ones will mount the landfill or otherwise creates air pollution by being cremented.
In a nutshell, I would say purchasing few expensive clothes is more reasonable than purchasing cheap ones because cheap clothes lead negative impact on the environment. Also, it’s fun to style in different ways with a few expensive ones.
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as we said, i completely agree. is that ok in this type of essay because we use this in to what extent right.
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