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‘My outfit cost $25’: Vinnies volunteers stage op-shop fashion show – in pictures
By Eugene Hyland with Guardian staff

Five Melbourne branches of the St Vincent de Paul Society network of charity shops team up to put on a parade at Footscray’s Bluestone Hall. It showcases outfits sourced from their donation bins, styled and modelled by volunteers

https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/gallery/2026/jun/02/vinnies-volunteers-op-shop-fashion-show-in-pictures

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