Stacey Vanek-Smith

And when the hard moments come, Alicia says she tries to focus on what her long-term values are and whether whatever she's tempted to buy aligns with those values.

Dilys Williams is the director of the Center for Sustainable Fashion at the University of the Arts in London.

Dilys recommends choosing clothes and other products the same way you choose what you eat.

After all, she says, food and fashion come from a lot of the same places.

Dilys' takeaway number five, educate yourself about where your clothes come from.

There are some wonderful online resources, including sustainablefashion.com.

That's sustainable-fashion.com.

That is where Dilys and her colleagues offer courses, discussion groups, and all kinds of free information about clothing and how it's sourced.

Dillis has been teaching sustainable fashion for more than a decade.

Fast fashion has long been a part of her focus, but she says ultra-fast fashion, those are websites like Shein and Taimou, they have taken things to an entirely new level.

But author and designer Aja Barber says, I need to change that mindset.

Takeaway number six, recalibrate your idea of what is normal when it comes to how much clothes cost.

Aja says the way she thought about clothing and value changed profoundly in one afternoon.

Asha started to wonder what it was about buying all of these mountains of really cheap clothes that she found appealing.

And she realized in a really tough moment in her life, this was the one moment where she felt in control, where she felt abundant and excited.

Ultimately though, it left her feeling empty.

Asha says one thing she's found most helpful in recalibrating her price expectations around clothes is meeting the people who are making the clothes, demystifying and humanizing the supply chain.

Aja says there are huge rewards to be had when you start to consume more mindfully.

Yes, changing how you buy can feel like deprivation.

But it can also connect you to the people and communities all around the world who make clothes, design clothes, and to the people who want to connect more fully to the things they buy.