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Why do we buy clothes that we never wear?

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If we added up the value of all the unworn clothes in the UK's wardrobes, they would be worth more than three billion pounds. So why do we buy clothes that we never wear? Melanie Abbott talks to Dr Kathryn Brownbridge, Senior Lecturer in Fashion Design. First broadcast on You & Yours, 7 December 2017.

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