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Oxfam is calling on festival-goers to help it overcome the unprecedented loss by donating any unwanted clothing, fancy dress items and accessories to their local Oxfam shop or donation bank across the UK.
Oxfam's trading director David McCullough said, "Everyone who has attended at least one summer festival in the past knows that fancy dress is the best way to get into the festival spirit and the Oxfam festivals shop is the place to go for a personalised look. It would be fantastic if festival lovers help us replace the stock lost in the fire with any clothing items they can take down to their local Oxfam shop - we can make money from classic vintage fashion to the most weird and wonderful fancy dress stuff such as cowboy outfits and old wedding dresses."
Oxfam also needs vintage items such as dresses, scarves and accessories and winter clothing such as coats, tweeds, fake furs to help the unprepared festival-goers get through the colder days in style; wellies and waterproofs are also big sellers in case of rain.
This year Oxfam will be campaigning, stewarding and trading at 17 major music festivals across the UK including Glastonbury, WOMAD, Bestival, Latitude and Reading. Oxfam is one of the three lead charities at Glastonbury and works closely with the festival every year.