Many wearing charming item of clothing (7)

I believe the answer is:

culotte

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'item of clothing' is the definition.
'culotte' can be an answer for 'clothing' (culotte is a kind of clothing). I'm not certain of the 'item of' bit.

'many wearing charming' is the wordplay.
'many' becomes 'lot' (a lot of something).
'wearing' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'charming' becomes 'cute' (I've seen this in other clues).
'lot' put inside 'cute' is 'CULOTTE'.

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I've seen this clue in The Guardian.

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