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‘I couldn’t bear him pulling in it’: writers on the clothes they pinched from their exes

As Challengers gives us a viral spin on the T-shirt poached from a former flame, we share our stories about clothes that survived long after the relationship ended

He was talking, of course, about the T-shirt emblazoned with the phrase “I Told Ya” that has become the most-talked-about garment from Luca Guadagnino’s new tennis film about love, lust and (torn) ligaments, Challengers. Mistakenly overlooked in the post-relationship belongings transfer, they have been repurposed into a workhorse pair of long johns – now they’re a toasty treat in bed on colder winter nights. For me, keeping my best friend’s jumper from primary school (we swapped on the final day of year 6) helped heal those wounds after the eventual breakdown of our friendship.

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