Excessive Detailing – The more detail you find on an inexpensive item, the cheaper it will look.  Most top designers are very subtle with their detailing on their ready to wear garments.  Obviously they go nuts with their couture lines, but their day to day items are normally very sleek.  For some reason, when you enter the inexpensive stores, they have gone overboard with their detailing.  Keep the details simple and no one will know that it’s Forever 21.

Bad Seams – Pay careful attention to the construction of the garment.  If the seams are uneven or busting, the garment will never fit properly.  One of the quickest ways to tell how well a garment is made is to look at the seams, buttons, and zippers.  You will be able to instantly tell if the garment is even worth trying on.  Don’t bother buying an item with bad seams, it will never look right and it’s not worth the price of redoing the seams.