Possible Clues:

• They can lead "to riches"
• Pauper attire
• PJ Harvey "Plants and ___"
• Leaders of radical avant garde slated in tabloids
• Teases Ernst away from strangers
• Gamin's garb
• Threadbare clothing
• Riches' antithesis, in a saying
• Rips (on)
• Old towels, perhaps