The bar graph illustrates the annual average spending on clothes per person in the US in 1985, 1995 and 2005.
Overall, there were increases in the annual average spending on clothes per person in all kinds of clothes. In addition, women’s clothes remained the most popular item to spend on, while the opposite was true with boys’ clothes.
There was a steady rise in the annual average spending on women’s clothes from around 480$ per person in 1985 to 500$ per person in 1995, after which it increased drastically to reach the period’s peak of 650$ per person in 2005. Meanwhile, men’s clothes witnessed a dramatic rise in the amount of money spent on from 300$ per person to around 430$ per person in 1995, followed by a considerable decline to 400$ per person at the end.
The annual average spending on boys’ clothes started at 100$ per person in 1985, and then it rose minimally to just 110$ per person before staying the same towards 2005. Likewise, a gradual climb was seen in the annual average spending on girls’ clothes from 105$ per person in the first year to 120$ per person in 1995, followed by a significant jump to around 140$ at the end of the period.
