Australians have an estimated $25 billion of unworn clothing hiding in wardrobes around the country, and the Red Cross is trying to make it easier to get some of that hidden fashion fortune to the people who need it most.

New research from Red Cross and Uber found that the average Australian owns 63 items of clothing, with nearly a fifth (17 per cent) of it going unworn.

That adds up to more than 231 million items of clothing sitting idle - enough to cover 42 football fields.

It comes as the two organisations team up for the seventh year for the Uber x Red Cross Clothing Drive.

On Saturday, October 18, Australians in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, and Perth can book a free Uber Courier pick-up from 10am to 4pm so they can donate high-quality unwanted clothes to the Red Cross w

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