Some of it is very real, and economical. If your mother has to drop-spindle the flax your father helped gather from the retting pond to make the thread to weav

Some of it is very real, and economical. If your mother has to drop-spindle the flax your father helped gather from the retting pond to make the thread to weave the garment... that tunic better damned-well last several years. In fact, garments were mentioned in estate records of the deceased because they were so valuable. If you can shop online for a new T-shirt while riding the bus to work, and have it delivered to your door the next day... your children aren't going to hope to inherit it.