Ten surprising statistics on British Fashion

80 billion
Number of garments produced per year worldwide

£23 billion
Amount spent on clothes and shoes in Britain in 1990

£32.5 billion
Amount spent per year on clothes and shoes in Britain alone today

1.72 million
Amount in tonnes of brand spanking new fashion items purchased in the UK every year

1.5 million
Amount in tonnes of clothing that Britons throw away every year

4.1
Average number of items of clothing a shopper buys in the UK each month

10%
Drop in retail prices between 2003 and 2007

3 weeks
Time it takes a speedy fashion retailer to imitate a design from concept to shelves

40%
Percentage of British clothes bought at value retailers

1 million
Items of clothing sold by Primark Oxford St in its first 10 days of trading