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	How Many Useless Items Do You Have in Your Closet? According to a recent study every woman has 22 items she never wears in her closet. Did we need a...

According to the Daily Mail, every woman has 22 items she never wears in her closet. I couldn't agree more, except 22 is too much of a deflated figure for me! Just by taking a straw poll with the girls in our team proves me right.

Here's what the ladies said on being asked: "Would you have 22 items that you would never wear in your closet?"
a) 22? Are you kidding me?
b) Aaram se!
c) Closet? What about under the bed?
d) Do the clothes at my mom's place count? It's more of a 3 figure number then! :)
Here are the intriguing "facts" the study brought to light. Check out our verdict and solution:

1) Though most women across the world don't actually get to wear everything they own, they absolutely refuse to throw out their clothes. 

iDiva verdict: Did we need a study to tell us that? Hoarding is a debilitating habit that us women have been cursed with. The reasons we hoard are anywhere from "setting aside clothes to wear on a special occassion that never comes", as closet hoarder Deepa Prabhu puts it or cataloguing them in 'when I become thin' piles - "with flexi target dates like July 10, 2055", like Shruthi N confesses!  

Solution: Breaking the habit is easier said than done. If you already have made your "clothes to donate to l'll sis", "when winter comes to Mumbai" or "mend these clothes" piles, then all you need to do is donate to little sis, mend the clothes and find place in your room where you can put away the winter clothes. Getting rid of these clothes, will only help you pick the right clothes so that you don't end up wearing the first thing you find in your closet. Don't look like a frump anymore... Donate and break free!  

2) In Britain, women spend more than 1.6 billion pounds ($2.5 billion) on more than 500 million items of clothing they will never wear. Placed on a clothes rail, the unworn clothes would stretch to 25,000 km, equivalent to four-and-a-half times the distance between London and New York... Rash buys are the main reason for the unworn clothing pile-up, according to 45 percent of the women questioned.

iDiva verdict: Love the analogies! Hate the amount spent. It's appalling how most of us don't realise the amount we spend.

Solution: While most of these purchases seem like a great idea during the sale, they are like one-night stands - guilt-ridden choices the next morning! Just ask yourself the following questions: a) Do you really need it? b) Is it really worth the price? and c) How often do you see yourself wearing this? If the answer to all three are in the negative, then just don't swipe that card! Or better yet, do as Smitha Roy does. Call your biggest wardrobe critic [Smitha's husband does the honours in her case] and let them convince you that you will survive this life without that delicious Burberry shrug. Besides, you'd be able to buy the right clothes at the right time, if you have saved more.

3) Just one in eight women regularly clears out their wardrobes, while one in 50 delays the dreaded cleaning day for at least 10 years.

iDiva verdict: Pish tosh! Well, we womenfolk lead hectic lives and clearing out wardrobes just get in the way of shopping for more clothes ;) But 10 years... is way too long even by our standards!

Solution: Sort clothes and accessories into 3 basic categories: a) Love to wear (Makes you look great), b) Comfort clothes (Make you feel good) and c) Everything Else (When I become thin, would not be seen dead in; and for charity piles will figure in this). You are allowed to keep a) and b); but c) has got to go!

4) Jeans are the most common item of unworn clothes, with 88 per cent saying they own at least one pair that they would never be seen out in. One in five women hoard up to six pairs of shoes that will never be worn. And almost everyone owns at least one top they "would not be seen dead in".
iDiva verdict: Give it all away to someone more deserving! If you are a size 37 now, there is very little chance you are going back to being a size 26... And when are you going to wear ALL THOSE SHOES? Take the "never be worns" and give 'em away!

Solution: Same as above. Charities wait for fresh clothes/shoes to come in so that they can pass it on to the underprivileged. Sleep better thinking you have made some girl (currently sporting your unused Zara Tee) very happy :)

5) More than half of the women say that guilt over wasting the money keeps them from throwing out unwanted clothes. Some 17 percent hoard particular styles in the hope of a fashion revival.

iDiva verdict: Guilt and fashion revival - excuses for something left unfinished. As jeweller Aanchal Tulsiani admits, "I hoard because some things in my wardrobe cost me my soul! And when they go out of fashion I can't get myself to throw any of it away!"

Solution: Don't throw it away! Yup, you read that right. Give it to your sister or someone you think would carry it off well. Think of it as an investment. When the time's right, you'd reap dividends - your little sister or financially-challenged neighbour will return the favour... if not with new clothes or shoes for you, it would be with a gesture you'd remember for life.

Be a smart shopper. Focus on your wardrobe and buy only those clothes that you'd wear on a regular basis, make you feel good and look great! Trash the rest.

Do you have more than 22 clothes you'd never wear in your closet? What's your excuse for hoarding? Leave a comment and let us know.