Oxfam Ireland gets a facelift...and goes back to the future
Left to right: volunteers Niall Browne, Blaise Harvey, Assistant Manager Tra Walls, Manager Julie Green and volunteer Anne Cassidy at the relaunch of the Vintage Department at Oxfam Castle Street . Photo by Jonathan Porter, Presseye.com, 7th May 2008.
Katie Richardson from local band The Delawares at the relaunch of the Vintage Department at Oxfam Castle Street. Photo by Jonathan Porter, Presseye.com, 7th May 2008.
All the top celebrities are getting facelifts and makeover these days… and if it's good enough for them, it's good enough for Oxfam Ireland ! So not to be outdone, the leading charity retailer has gone for an extensive remodelling of its shop in Castle Street , Belfast , and recently hosted a special relaunch party for its Vintage department.
The evening event on Wednesday 7 th May included a Vintage fashion competition, with an award for the best Vintage outfit worn on the night, with numerous competing guests looking resplendent. Local eukelele-strumming musician and poet Geoff Gatt provided the in-store entertainment and acted as competition judge, while light refreshments of Fair Trade tea and coffee were also served to continue the theme of an old-style tea party.
Remake, remodel
As a counterpoint to this Vintage theme, Castle Street is heading into the future as the first Oxfam Ireland shop to set up its own dedicated myspace site – www.myspace.com/ oxfamcastlest – which includes a weekly blog, with uploaded pictures of the shop and a new folder of photos of amazing Vintage items, as well as CDs, vinyl and books that the shop has received that week, along with any interesting and quirky shop stories and news.
Left to right: Carmel Hartley and Geoff Gatt at the relaunch of the Vintage Department at Oxfam Castle Street. Photo by Jonathan Porter, Presseye.com, 7th May 2008.
One of the mannequins, rechristened Davina, has been chosen to be the “face and spokesmann” (sic) of the shop. The shop's retro wallpaper continues the funky Vintage theme and has also been selected as the myspace page background, but the main picture will change to feature Davina in a different fabulous outfit each week.
As well as the revamped Vintage department, the Castle Street shop also stocks all your usual favourites, such as quality donated fashion and accessories, bric-a brac, books and music.
Contact
For further information, to arrange interviews or to request high resolution images for reproduction, please contact Phillip Graham , Oxfam Ireland Media Officer on (028) 9089 5959.
Additional Information
• Oxfam Castle Street is one of 46 shops throughout Ireland . To find the shop nearest to you, please see our Shop Locator.
• 2008 sees Oxfam Ireland celebrate its 10th anniversary, with Oxfam operating internationally for over 60 years.
• Oxfam Ireland is a member of Oxfam International, a confederation of 13 Oxfams worldwide.
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