High-street stores get dressing down for glut of trends

ONE-shouldered jumpsuit, bell bottoms or pussy-bow blouse — if you’ve invested in any of this season’s hottest trends, sorry, you may be out of fashion.

A new book, To Die For: Is Fashion Wearing Out the World? is laying bare the effects of ‘fast fashion’ on our wardrobes, wallets and the world. With a wardrobe bulging with “mistakes, good buys, bad buys, comfort buys, drunk buys,” author Lucy Siegle reveals how the high street has made it possible for women to be stylish on a shoestring — but impossible to stay that way as it churns out new trends.

My wardrobe is a testament to her theory. A hodge-podge of high-street hits and misses amassed over 15 years, it’s bursting at the seams — yet I always seem to have ‘nothing to wear’.