Clothing and footwear

Annual inflation for clothing and footwear was 0.1% in September 2026, down 0.1 points from 0.2% in August 2026. All-items CPI was 3.5%.

Updated Latest data: September 2026 · ONS release 21 October 2026 · Data fetched 28 October 2026, 10:12 GMT

Annual rate

0.1%

A year earlier: 0.5%. ONS series D7GA.

Price index (2015=100)

121.1

Prices are 21.1% higher than the 2015 average. ONS series D7BW.

What's in this category

Clothes, shoes and accessories for men, women and children, plus clothing repairs. This category is strongly seasonal: prices typically fall in the January and summer sales and rise when new season ranges arrive.

Clothing and footwear: CPI annual rate

12-month rate, January 1989 to September 2026. Latest 0.1%. Source: ONS series D7GA.

Clothing and footwear: CPI index (2015=100)

Price index, January 1988 to September 2026. Latest 121.1. Source: ONS series D7BW.

Annual rate: last 12 months
MonthValue
September 20260.1%
August 20260.2%
July 20260.5%
June 2026-0.5%
May 20260.2%
April 20260.7%
March 2026-0.8%
February 20260.9%
January 20260.0%
December 20250.0%
November 2025-0.6%
October 20250.3%

Source: Office for National Statistics, Consumer price inflation (MM23), series D7GA and D7BW. Licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.