Why are our wardrobes full of unworn clothes? Because most purchases are not rational

FULL STORY by Lucy Mangan: The GUARDIAN....

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For the rest of us, I suspect that the root of the problem lies in the simple fact that most purchases are not fully rational. I have dresses I don’t wear because I bought them for the person I want to be and others I don’t wear because I bought them for the person I am, and who wants to be reminded of that? I have items I keep because they remind me of good times with even better people. I have shoes I bought because they were beautiful and count as objets d’art more than items of apparel, and shoes that have gone unworn because after a first proper, returns-policy-invalidating use they have turned out to be – well, unwearable