What about things that are intentionally built (in a good way) not to last for life? e.g. clothing built with more sustainable and/or more performant materials

What about things that are intentionally built (in a good way) not to last for life? e.g. clothing built with more sustainable and/or more performant materials may not be 'buy it for life', but to some may be a better item. How do those get reviewed over time? For example I have a few different wool sweaters - my favorite one I've bought twice and yet falls apart more rapidly than others. One example of this brought up is https://www.econtalk.org/elizabeth-pape-on-manufacturing-and-selling-womens-clothing-and-elizabeth-suzann/ https://www.econtalk.org/elizabeth-pape-on-manufacturing-and... - where in the interview she states her clothing items aren't built to be 'for life'.