Repeat Offenders

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Listen up, kids—author Jennifer Baumgartner contends that your superficial wardrobe issues are actually manifestations of deeper life issues. Not necessarily surprising, but still fascinating enough to use as book fodder. In reaction to "You Are What You Wear: What Your Clothes Reveal About You," Globe staff writer Beth Teitell asks Bostonians if they repeat the same wardrobe mistakes year after year. [Boston Globe]