Eight out of ten women in the UK keep clothes that don't fit them in their wardrobe, according to a new survey.
The survey was conducted by retailer TK Maxx in collaboration with Cancer Research UK, with the aim to suport Give Up Clothes for Good, a charity group calling for donating the clothes to help cure children's cancers.
Collecting unwearable clothes is a habit done in the hope of wearing them again, or fitting into them for the first time. One eights of women have the impulse to buy small sizes believing they would slim down.
A quarter of women have covered four different sizes in their lifetime, and one in 12 keep all four sizes in their wardrobe.
The same tendency is seen in men as well - six out of ten men keep clothes that are too small.
"“There are many reasons why people keep clothes they no longer wear but clearing out your wardrobe of sizes and styles that no longer fit and giving them to ‘Give Up Clothes for Good’ will help you to love and value the person you are today," said top psychologist Linda Papadopoulos.
"You’ll feel even better knowing that you’ll be making a huge difference through your donation by helping to beat children’s cancers."
But donating clothes to charity would release the reluctance to let go of the loved item, Papadopoulos said.
The charity is calling UK citizens to clear out its wardrobes, dropping the unnecessary items at TX Maxx during the month of April.