High priced garments are expected to be high quality garments, but this is not always true. We've all been disappointed after buying a new garment only to find it is no longer serviceable after a few wearings. Rather than hassle with returns and fighting with store clerks, select fashions after examining the garment from the inside and out. Before you even go into the dressing room, read the fiber content label, tug at the seams, make sure the garment is free of puckering and hangs straight. Each fiber has qualities that give particular characteristics to the fabrics made from those fibers.
Some fibers are absorbent, some are resilient, some are less durable, etc.
Each fiber has positive and negative characteristics, and there is really no one perfect fiber. The fiber content label required by federal law to be permanently attached in each garment must indicate the percentage of each fiber present in the garment. You can make many assumptions about the garment based on the fiber content alone. The characteristics of the fabric depend on the type of construction method. Some are more durable than others.