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Richard E Grant has revealed that one of the most consequential pieces of secondhand clothing he ever bought was a Burberry trench coat from Oxfam – because it helped him land the role that made his name.
“My life-changing career break happened because I was wearing a second hand coat I bought in an Oxfam shop,” he says. “It was 1986 and I arrived for my ‘Withnail & I’ audition soaking wet and in a second hand Burberry trench coat. Turned out I’d nailed the look for the part without even trying – So, no Oxfam, no Withnail!”
Forty years later, Grant is fronting Oxfam’s Second Hand September campaign, which encourages people to buy pre-loved clothes, donate those they no longer wear, and keep their existing wardrobes in circulation for longer.
