More than half of women regret throwing away clothes which then come back into fashion.
According to a survey by storage firm Shurgard, a third of women have a wardrobe clear-out every six months.
Every six months?
Shoes, handbags and jewellery are the most missed.
The company said: “Hanging on to clothes is the smart option.”
Which is very true, because fashion goes in cycles.
Even though it might have been horrendous first time around, remember flared trousers, platform shoes, big collared shirts and kipper ties?
By rights, they should all have been kept within the confines of Blackpool Tower Circus under the control of clown Charlie Cairoli, but they escaped and were embraced by the populace at large.
Today, a lot of high street fashion is third world-produced and priced so low it’s hardly worth keeping past its sell-by date.
Young ladies buy an item, wear it a few weeks and bin it.
But vintage fashion is in high demand.
Specialist shops and internet businesses stock originals from the 1950s onwards.
You can get a silk 1950s party dress for £60.
Town halls are used as venues for vintage fashion fairs. Anyone who did hang on to clothes from the past can get a good price for them.
There are items I wish I’d kept over the years, although I would now struggle to get into that first pair of flares I bought on Carnaby Street when I was slim and lovely.
These days I tend to flare at the waist.
The 1960s were, of course, an iconic age with Mary Quant, Biba, culottes, go-go boots, trouser suits and mini skirts. My wife Maria had them all.
Trouble is, if we had kept all the stylish outfits we have bought down the years we would by now need a warehouse to keep them in.
And none of them would fit.
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