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"I&amp;#x27;ve confessed before that I have a pair of jeans with a size 24 waist from college that I frankly couldn&amp;#x27;t get my left butt cheek into these days...and it looks like I&amp;#x27;m not the only one. According to a new study, the average woman has 12 items of clothing--worth more than $450!--languishing in her closet unworn because they&amp;#x27;re either too big or too small. As the Daily Mail tells it, &amp;quot;The nationwide study of women aged between 18 and 65 quizzed them on their dieting habits and the effect this has had on their wardrobe. It emerged more than half (52 per cent) of ladies have bought clothes that were too small in the hope they will fit into them one day and half of women admit they fib to others about how much they weigh. Half of women admitted constantly yo-yo diet which means they have &amp;#x27;fat clothes&amp;#x27; at hand for when they pile on the pounds.&amp;quot; Sign up for our style newsletter and get the best of our fashion blog, delivered straight to your inbox! &amp;quot;Researchers polling 4,000 women also discovered a woman&amp;#x27;s fluctuating weight means she has a total of three different dress sizes in her cupboard.&amp;quot; That&amp;#x27;s closet in UK speak, of course, and while mine doesn&amp;#x27;t quite measure up to those numbers (I gained about 10 pounds after college and have pretty much stayed there since), I know plenty of women who have &amp;quot;fat jeans&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;skinny jeans&amp;quot; and a pair or two in between....how about you? Are you one of them? How many pieces would you say you have in your closet that you can&amp;#x27;t fit into right now, whether it&amp;#x27;s because they&amp;#x27;re too big or too small? How long do you hold onto things? Do you use them as a measure of how much weight you&amp;#x27;ve gained or lost? Share! PLUS... - 8 new ways to boost your body image - Would you rather be an insecure size 2 or a confident size 12? - Exclusive survey: 16,000 women tell their body confidence secrets More Ways to Get Glamour: Got a fashion Q? Glamour stylists answer your fashion questions at WhatToWear.com Show your love: Get our very own &amp;quot;xox&amp;quot; ring set, $12 at shopglamour.com Like freebies? Enter the latest Glamour sweepstakes! Hysterical things are happening right now in the fashion world. Follow us on Twitter and find out for yourself! (You won&amp;#x27;t regret it, we pinky-swear!) Photo: Jupiter Images Unlimited"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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