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The guilt around buying new clothes has long been almost the stuff of comedy, with jokes around hiding receipts, fibbing about prices and passing off brand new outfits with a casual “What, this? Oh, I’ve had it ages.” But in recent years, the true cost of constant wardrobe updates has been thrust ever more into the spotlight, with figures demonstrating, alarmingly, just how much of an impact the making, buying and disposal of fashion has upon the planet. For example:

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