OVER £20,000 of artist brawl gowns and brawl dresses accept been donated to a alms shop.
The abundance in Dundee was able 60 frocks - anniversary with aboriginal amount tags on assuming they’re account up to £295 each.
The items are now up for auction in Shelter Scotland’s Perth Road boutique for £30 anniversary - a atom of their aboriginal price.
The absolute amount of the donation is estimated to be about £21,300.
A huge alternative of knitwear, skirts, jackets and trousers account up to £145 anniversary were additionally donated.
If every account is awash for £30, the alms has the abeyant to advice over 250 families and individuals adverse homelessness or bad housing.
Shop manager, Karen Kelbie, said: “In my 20 years of managing the shop, I’ve never apparent annihilation like it. We’re all still in shock.
“The dresses are aloof admirable and absolute for anyone who has a academic break advancing up – a wedding, a academy brawl or graduation ball.”
And she added: “We are so beholden for this donation and it will accomplish a big aberration to Shelter Scotland’s work. The boutique volunteers accept formed endlessly to get all of the gowns accessible for auction and we absurdly attending advanced to affable bodies through the doors. Whatever the occasion, there’s a dress and admeasurement for everyone.”
The donation was fabricated by Prego Boutique in Broughty Ferry, endemic by acceptable Liza Sinclair, who said: “Many of our agents and barter alive actual advantageous lives area we don’t accept to anticipate about area we’re activity to beddy-bye anniversary night or if we’re activity to lose the roof over our active altogether.
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“After audition about the basic assignment of Shelter Scotland I was confused to do whatever I could to advice those in charge and a donation of some of our admirable dresses to the Dundee boutique fabricated absolute sense.
“If by accomplishing our little bit we can accomplish a aberration to alike one person, again it’ll all be account it.”
Graeme Brown, administrator of Shelter Scotland, said: “Every penny aloft from the sales will go appear our action to end homelessness and ensure that anybody has a safe, defended and affordable abode to alarm home.”
