Hey everyone,

I’m trying to upgrade my wardrobe a bit and would love some brand recommendations. Most of my current clothes are from Zara, and I also like Weekday and Massimo Dutti.

I’m looking for brands with a similar minimalist / modern style but that are a bit higher quality and less fast fashion. Ideally still somewhat affordable — for reference, I usually consider a t-shirt under €50 to be within my budget.

Any suggestions would be really appreciated!

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Zara

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From Wikipedia (licensed under the CC-BY-SA.):

Zara SA, stylized as ZARA, (Spanish: [ˈθaɾa]) is a Spanish apparel retailer based in Arteixo (A Coruña) in Galicia, Spain.^[4] The company specializes in fast fashion, and products include clothing, accessories, shoes, swimwear, beauty, and perfumes.^[5] It is the largest company in the Inditex group,^[6] the world's largest apparel retailer. Zara as of 2017 manages up to 20 clothing collections a year.^[7] .

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@zara, @zaraman on Instagram.

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Despite being pretty unpopular I ’m looking to buy some heavyweight oversized T-shirts with 3/4 sleeves and was wondering if anybody shopped at Zara and could tell me the if the quality is any good?

They have a pretty okay sale on at the moment but just seems a little bit too cheap. I don’t know, does anybody shop at ZARA?

Maybe I'm just poor but it looks good to me lol.

Seriously though. I remember when I was just starting to care and think about how I dress, I went to primark to see some outfits and thought, "I couldn't say why, but I don't like these clothes at all", then went to Zara and noticed I liked them more because the fabric looked better.

I also went to a mall to see brands like Ralph Lauren, Boss etc, and to me, the fabric and leather of chinos, dress shirts, belts etc looks the same as Zara, plus they have logos, which zara doesn't. Maybe there's something I'm missing idk.

Everyone says it's horrible but to me Zara looks literally the same as the expensive brands, minus the bad sewing. But that's not obvious at all, to me, the fabric is the main thing. You can even just cut the loose threads at home lol and then it will look good.