Average women buy half their body weight in clothes each year

A new study has revealed that average woman now buys half her body weight - 62lb -- in clothing in just one single year

A new study has revealed that average woman now buys half her body weight - 62lbu00a0-- in clothing in just one single year.
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According to experts women are also getting rid of similar amounts each year, reports the Daily Mail.
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The average woman now has 22 garments hanging in her wardrobe that she has never worn and is expected to spend 133,640 pounds in her lifetime on looking good.
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The extraordinary statistics have been attributed to the rise in 'fast fashion' in which women can now buy cut-price versions of celebrity looks.
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They have also got into the habit of spending less on individual items and buying more.
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Consumer expert Lucy Siegle claimed the average woman now accumulates four-and-a-half stone in clothes in just a year.
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She calculated the figure after studying research conducted by Cambridge University into textile imports.
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Siegle blamed celebrity culture of wearing something new each day for the rise of these new generation of shoppers