Question from a puzzled person: what do people do with last year's fashions???

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My wardrobe consists of a large number of clothes that I've had for many years, although I do buy a few new things each year, with the Boden (sale) catalogue the thing I find hardest to resist. The only things I ever seem to throw away are pieces of underwear with holes in or perished elastic, although I do take a few clothes to charity shops, usually because my expanding hips will no longer fit into them. What puzzles me is that most people I know seem to have an entirely different wardrobe for each season, and I just wonder what on earth they do with all the clothes from previous seasons and how they can afford it. Anyone able to enlighten me??

I don't think they do..
I think if they are canny, they'll shop well. Plain seperates etc that can be jazzed with acess. or worn in different ways. Otherwise, they ay well do, but are prob. in debt for it

ebay??? I'd like to find a second hand shop that some rich person donates to!

Umm. Tricky one. Move to a bigger house? That is what a friend of mine is planning, as she complains of lack of wardrobe space.

On my planet, this is not an issue....

I put all my/my family's old clothes out for recycling twice a year.

I buy very little and wear it to death so that I always have this season's clothes, bar a few old favourites from Prada/Comme des Garçons etc.

OK anna, next time you see someone rooting through your recycling boxes at 5am, that'll be me - make sure you wave

I try not to buy 'the fashions'. They date so quickly. Its hard not to, with EVERY shop selling the same latest thing. But any mistakes I have bought, I carboot them. And try to remember to buy classic things next time!