Possible Clues:

• More shabby
• More neglected stats uncovered by bank
• Cheaper brand of champagne I once knocked back no good in retirement
• More ragged
• Threadbare, comparatively
• Cheaper attire falling apart after short time
• Row about a vacated tenement looking increasingly shabby
• Increasingly seedy gallery, not quite on the level
• More moth-eaten, e.g
• Make fine material with fastener that's increasingly worn