Mindy Gail, executive director of the British American Business Council in Los Angeles, until recently possessed clothes she had never worn -- many of them still with the tags on.

• 英美商会驻洛杉矶执行董事明迪-盖尔的衣柜里一直都有从来没穿过的衣服，有些甚至还连标签都还没有撕掉。