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I’ve been doing lots of research into charity shops and second clothing and was interested to find that more and more celebrities are enjoying this kind of ‘Vintage Clothing.’
From the research i have been doing for my cultural and historical lessons, i can link the findings to this research. I’ve been researching into the idea of ‘Kitsch’ and that ‘One persons meat is another mans poison.’ This means that what one person might really love another person will think is awful, and it also looks at how a persons taste changes so the idea of through away and fast fashion becomes apparent.
This article is taken from RTE Entertainment:
Peaches Geldof cast off her couture yesterday for second-hand clothes, after a makeover from a group of grannies who work in charity shops.
Label lover Geldof, who normally steps out in expensive designer gear, was styled on a shoestring by the pensioners and fashion expert Mary Portas.
They chose a vintage, fifties-style red dress for the socialite, which had been donated to one of the charity shops Portas has been working with for a new BBC2 TV show.
Portas fronted two series of Mary Queen Of Shops, where she attempted to turn around struggling fashion boutiques, but will focus on charity shops in the forthcoming series.
She has spent the past six months revamping Save the Children, MIND, Barnardo’s and North London Hospice, and believes charity shops are the key to dressing during the recession.
Portas said: “I brought my style volunteers up to London Fashion Week to give a message to the fashion world that charity shopping is not just great for the environment and for a good cause. These are places where you can get unique, fashionable outfits that are on trend and look great.”
The pensioners also gave charity shop makeovers to supermodel Erin O’Connor, actress Natalie Press and DJ Jodie Harsh at their stall, backstage at London Fashion Week in the Science Museum
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