'They never move and they take it with them through their entire life - which is why you can often tell a person's age by the way they dress.' She's found, while working closely with those needing style help, that we tend to hold on to the things that remind us of happier times - something Kate agrees with: 'There's an element of attaching emotional and security to old representations of the times when you felt comfortable and secure,' she adds. 'They are times when you're a kid or a teenager, when everything was provided for you so you didn't have the challenge of taking it yourself.'