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Daily Inspiration Quote by Kate Moss

"I edit things down, and I've got a massive dressing room in the country, and so all the things I'm not going to wear but don't want to get rid of go there. And all the stuff I want to get rid of goes to Oxfam"

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Kate Moss makes decluttering sound like an aesthetic preference, not an ethical dilemma, and that sleight of hand is the point. The sentence glides from “I edit things down” - the language of magazines, runways, and image control - into “a massive dressing room in the country,” a casually dropped status marker that lands precisely because it’s delivered as logistics. The country house isn’t bragged about; it’s treated like an appliance. That’s how wealth most effectively signals itself in 2020s celebrity speech: as background.

The subtext is a neat hierarchy of value. There are three categories: what she’ll wear, what she won’t wear but can’t part with, and what can be released. That middle bucket - storage as a moral alibi - captures the psychology of fashion consumption: the guilt isn’t about owning too much, it’s about admitting it’s disposable. Keeping unused clothing “there” preserves the fantasy that it’s not waste, just paused.

Then comes the redemption clause: “goes to Oxfam.” The charity name functions like a seal of virtue, a quick narrative pivot from excess to benevolence. It’s also culturally savvy: Oxfam is thrift-shopping with institutional credibility, a pipeline that turns private surplus into public good (and, not incidentally, into brand-friendly generosity). Moss isn’t arguing for sustainability; she’s describing a system that lets luxury remain luxury while laundering its conscience. The quote works because it’s unforced. It’s a model explaining her workflow, and accidentally giving a clean x-ray of how the rich manage stuff, guilt, and image in the same breath.

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APA Style (7th ed.)
Moss, Kate. (n.d.). I edit things down, and I've got a massive dressing room in the country, and so all the things I'm not going to wear but don't want to get rid of go there. And all the stuff I want to get rid of goes to Oxfam. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-edit-things-down-and-ive-got-a-massive-dressing-94607/

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Moss, Kate. "I edit things down, and I've got a massive dressing room in the country, and so all the things I'm not going to wear but don't want to get rid of go there. And all the stuff I want to get rid of goes to Oxfam." FixQuotes. Accessed February 3, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-edit-things-down-and-ive-got-a-massive-dressing-94607/.

MLA Style (9th ed.)
"I edit things down, and I've got a massive dressing room in the country, and so all the things I'm not going to wear but don't want to get rid of go there. And all the stuff I want to get rid of goes to Oxfam." FixQuotes, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-edit-things-down-and-ive-got-a-massive-dressing-94607/. Accessed 3 Feb. 2026.

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Kate Moss (born January 16, 1974) is a Model from England.

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