... are looking at our storage facilities as a way of preserving quality garments in their original condition as an investment; either to be worn again when the time is right, or to be sold on for profit.

That's Paul Haynes, of specialist movers Cadogan Tate, describing an unexpected result of the current trend for buying vintage. Some of the more valuable and collectable items need specialist care and, instead of choosing to throw huge collections into an oversized wardrobe and wait for them to come back into fashion, hip women are choosing to store off-site.

Here at Cadogan Tate, we have spent a lot of time with the wardrobe departments of dance schools and theatre companies as well as professional clothes curators to perfect our knowledge of garment storage so that we get it absolutely right.

Who'd have thought it?

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