![FILE - In this Monday, Nov. 25, 2019 file photo, pedestrians pass a Louis Vuitton shop window in London. Sales of luxury apparel, jewelry and beauty products are set to slide by nearly a quarter this year as the pandemic wipes out more than six years of growth, according to a study released Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2020 by the consultancy Bain. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, File)](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/3BNENJJ4NQAKXCAPJBXRNZXWP4.jpg?smart=true&auth=606f498718200f40e55c422fb8f55cc9b41ba8c7540d4888789d10cf42f8edc0&width=400&height=225)
Pedestrians pass a Louis Vuitton shop window in London. AP
Pedestrians pass a Louis Vuitton shop window in London. AP
Why I vowed to not buy any new clothes for six months – and failed miserably
For me, a shopping mall is a dangerous abyss of temptation, filled with high-street and high-end sinkholes
Hafsa Lodi
29 December, 2020