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August 17, 2008 |

Shoestring Style Smart Shopping or Social Stigma

Two local authors and business women faced with little cash and the task of looking a million dollars for a media promotion tour around the UK had to think on their feet. Having just returned home after spending several years in California, their wardrobes not only desperate for a boost but the clothes they chose needed to be warmer. Holly and Shirley Yanez, both in their 40’s found an unexpected friend in what they now describe as the British High Street’s best kept secret.

Of course these retail establishments have been around for decades but even today, the age old stereotype, ladies in cardigans selling musty old rags, is hard to shake. Recent news articles have declared our nations Charity Shops are turning over huge profits, so who is actually shopping there? This is a tough question as few in the past would ever admit to even setting foot in one. But is that all changing?

Putting together a celebrity look to wow a BBC TV producer with a maximum available budget of

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