jackets from Oxfam, which would have cost more to dry clean than they did to buy: slob no-brainer. Even when a cloud of moths emerged from a fetid tailcoat, it never occurred to me that they were emigrating, not taking exercise. So, 25 years later, what I wish I'd known is: treat vintage clothes like plague victims. Clean them, freeze them, place them in isolation -- or, best of all, avoid them entirely, before they kill all your new stuff. Now, the only woollens I own are either on me, in the freezer, or in a zipped bag. Since no normal person has time to hunt through 10 overstuffed bags before they go out, this means you always wear the same things. Maybe the answer to moths is as simple as that: own fewer clothes. Most popular on the Guardian Today in pictures After advising tourists against travel to the cities of Jammu and Srinagar for nearly 20 years, the Foreign Office has lifted its guidelines after a fall in violence. So, Dal Lake and part of the Valley of Kashmir, one of India's most beautiful regions, are once again open to visitors