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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle
Chloe Mac Donnell

Secondhand style strides forward in Oxfam’s London fashion week show

Designer Sandy Powell models a purple 1960s Christian Dior suit in Oxfam’s Fashion Fighting Poverty show at London fashion week.
Designer Sandy Powell models a purple 1960s Christian Dior suit in Oxfam’s Fashion Fighting Poverty show at London fashion week. Photograph: Jordan Pettitt/PA

The first show to kick off London fashion week on Thursday night had all the usual elements you’d expect – a long runway with pumping music, models in towering heels and surprise celebrity appearances causing the front row to whip out their phones.

However, there was one particular point of difference: the cast, including the model Erin O’Connor, TV presenter Miquita Oliver and the trans activist Munroe Bergdorf, were all wearing secondhand clothes.

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