It's a skill you can practise. Go to a second hand clothing store and feel the fabrics. Inspect the seams, zippers and what have you. Make mental note of brand

It's a skill you can practise. Go to a second hand clothing store and feel the fabrics. Inspect the seams, zippers and what have you. Make mental note of brand labels. You'll develop a sense of quality. And a second hand store, specifically, because the clothes there being used reinforces the survivorship bias - bad clothes don't make it through recycling.