For so long I've had the same dilemma- I'd buy a decent top from The Garage and/or Bluenotes only to discover after the FIRST time wearing it that the material has little dark flicks of fluff somehow attached to the cotton (usually at the bottom rear/under the armpits). I have no clue why or how these get on the clothes after so little time, but it seriously annoys the hell out of me. What a shitty waste of $15.
Any suggestions for stores (that you would find at a normal mall) where the materials are good quality but it isn't freaking $80 for a normal-looking sweatshirt?