Band 6+: The graph above gives information about annual average spending on clothes per person in the US in 1985, 1995 and 2005. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant.

The given bar chart illustrates the yearly expenditure on garments by an average American from 1985 to 2005.

Overall, It is clear that there was an upward trend in the spending culture of US population on four registered types of clothing items. Additionally, American spent considerably more money on female clothes than remaining categories, while the lowest figure was recorded in the average expense on clothes for boys over the examined period.

In 1985, the amounts of money used for purchasing children clothes in both genders showed no remarkable difference, at around 100 dollars per individual. In the next twenty years, the yearly spending for girl’s clothes per American increased gradually to approximately 150 dollars in 2005, while the figure for boys’garments experienced no significant change between 1985 and 2005.

Regarding the adult clothing segments, around 450 dollars was spent on female clothes in 1985, which was almost double that of male type recorded in the equivalent year (merely 250 dollars). From 1985 to 1995, spending on men’s clothes rose sharply to reach a peak of about 420 dollar before declining slighlty to 400 dollar by 2005. Meanwhile, the US demographic’s average expenditure on women’s garments witnessed a significant growth to 620 dollars over a 20-year time span.