I own a pair of studded red boots that used to make me extremely happy. Then, the other day, when I tried them on for the first time in years, I winced. I saw in them a microcosm of what can happen with your whole wardrobe: the clothes you once loved and wore to death suddenly feel very wrong.
I would wager that there are few people who don’t recognise this feeling. Whether you care about clothes or not, it doesn’t really matter. Certain clothes will still feel comfortable and right while others will not. And because clothes are like our second skin, when they don’t feel right, it can be strange, discombobulating; itchy, almost.
