‘Standard’ velvet hangers? There’s nothing standard about some of the items on John Lewis’s uni essentials list| Emma Beddington
It used to be that dorm rooms were chaotically messy.
Does this new generation really need an £80 spice rack and velvet clothes hangers? Of all the questions this year’s freshers may be nervously asking themselves as they prepare for this next phase – did I pick the right course? Will I make friends? Is uni worth 30 grand when my future job prospects may be limited to dusting a datacentre? – one is particularly pressing: “How many clothes hangers do I need to bring?” Fret no longer, enquiring young minds: John Lewis has the answer on its packing checklist for students .
Thirty to 40, it claims, wildly, “consisting mostly of standard velvet or plastic hangers”.
“Standard” velvet? I missed this memo.
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