i know just what you mean, wedilla.
Don't you think it must be down to the actors' vanity?
It gets me how a landlady like liz never wears the same outfit twice, or how the factory girls can afford to have their nails done regularly.
And what about Michelle's plastic hair do? That is obviously looked after by a top stylist, and not something her character would be able to afford or keep so perfectly.
It all started way back when bette Lynch got all la-di-da and started wearing ridiculous outfits in the bar - Frank Usher etc. They were more akin to what the character would wear at a wedding!