The hyperbolic emphasis on shirt choice highlighted how grief can make mundane tasks such as picking out a shirt seem of monumental importance.
Still I could put it into a video of liberal, hippie propaganda as to why our culture is sooo damaged by consumerism. Your friends mom just died and you really are worried about what you are going to wear? Although it may have been an interesting detail, maybe a character like Cordelia would worry about something so shallow but not Willow. The trait of worrying about a shirt seems vapid to building on Willow's character. Who is supposed to be sincere and nerdy. Right? I may be over-simplifying though given Willow didn't respond to grief by going on a shopping spree.
This is just me nitpicking. After watching What Would Jesus Buy? (netflix link) last night made me think Willow's shirt fiasco. The movie is about Rev. Billy Talen and his choir traveling all over the country to deliver the message that the "Shopapocalypse" (over-spending at Christmas) must end. Rev. Billy seems a bit nutty, but I feel the overall message of the movie is positive. Nothing like a movie that highlights U.S. obsession with overspending on Christmas to make a girl want to rant about Buffy. I guess.
