Stars Donate to Charity Sale

17 November 2009

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Stars including Gwyneth Paltrow, Elizabeth Hurley and Dame Shirley Basseyhave helped raise thousands of dollars for charity by donating their designer cast-offs to a U.K. department store's garage sale.

The celebrities cleared out their wardrobes for The Really Really GreatGarage Sale at London's Selfridges store on Sunday (15Nov09) in aid of the Mothers4Children charity.

A pair of Bassey's shoes sold for $160 (£100), while Paltrow and Hurley's unwanted clothes also helped raise much needed cash.

And then something kicked in and I thought, 'This is going to help a lot of children in difficult periods of their lives', and that's more important than me wearing it on a Saturday night out

Funnyman David Walliams, British singer Louise Redknapp and TV presenter Denise van Outen were among the stars manning stalls, each garnering more than $8,000 (£5,000) in profit.

Redknapp says, "It's actually hard to part with things because as I wasputting it in the bag, I thought, 'I might wear that.' And then something kicked in and I thought, 'This is going to help a lot of children in difficult periods of their lives', and that's more important than me wearing it on a Saturday night out".

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