From WAGs to riches: Footballer's generous clothes donation causes charity shop carnage
Posted Tuesday, September 30, 2014 by Dailystar.co.uk
SCORES of wannabe WAGs swamped a tiny charity shop after England footballer Ben Foster donated thousands of pounds worth of designer clothes.
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The 200 luxury item haul included a £700 pair of Christian Louboutin shoes being flogged for £50 and a Stella McCartney sequin cardigan worth £855 priced at just £55.
Fashion lovers queued hours before the Women's Aid charity shop in Shirley, West Midlands, opened yesterday morning.
They had been alerted to the bargains after the West Bromwich Albion and England goalkeeper tweeted he had dropped off a pile of his wife, Kate's unwanted threads.
GENEROUS: The charity shop has praised the goalkeeper for raising their profile
The 31-year-old stopper tweeted: "Just dropped off a tonne of Top designer women's clothes, shoes and children's toys @womensaid on Stratford rd in Shirley, go check it out."
Included in the four boxes and two bags of donated clothes were sunglasses by Chanel, Prada and Dior all which can be snapped up for £45.
There were also two pairs of sought-after Victoria Beckham jeans available from £40 - a price as tiny as the former-Spice Girls singer's waist.
BARGAIN HUNTERS: Fashion lovers queued well before the shop opened to get their hands on a designer piece
Rachel Taylor, the retail manager for Women's Aid in Birmingham, said: "I can't believe it- it's crazy around here.
"Normally we'd be lucky to see a couple of people on a Monday but to have some queuing before we opened is madness.
"I'd been on holiday when Ben dropped all the clothes off but I knew about it quickly as he tweeted about it.
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"We're so grateful - not only is it a wonderful donation but he's helped raise the profile of Women's Aid by tweeting us."
It took manager Ashleigh Healy six hours to price up the haul.
She said: "I had to look online to find out how much the clothes were worth as we had no idea where to start.
"We have set prices for tops and trousers and try to make sure that all things are around the same price."
Foster, a former Manchester United starlet, lives in Henley-in-Arden, Warwickshire, with Kate and their two kids Louie and Olivia.
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