Pop-up gives Brummies a chance to dress like they’re TV stars

Clothing from the wardrobe of a well-loved, Birmingham-based daytime television show will be on sale in a city centre pop-up, with money going to support homeless young people in the region.

Thanks to the success of the first two weeks of the St Basils pop-up vintage shop, the charity has been forced to find new ways to restock the store - and the answer came in the donation of clothing from the recently cancelled BBC show Doctors.

As well as existing stock, which includes vintage football shirts and 90s clothing, the St Basils pop-up shop will now stock items donated from the wardrobe of the BBC show Doctors, which was filmed in and around Birmingham until it was cancelled earlier this year.

Clothing for several of the show’s characters was included in the donation and the store will stock a range of it, from T-shirts, jeans and jumpers to smart workwear and party dresses. Items come from a range of brands including Adidas, Mango, Hobbs, Reiss, and Phase Eight.

Separately, the store has also been donated Kappa-branded sporting clothing and a small number of vintage Gymshark items.

Barrie Hodge, head of fundraising for St Basils, said; “We were delighted when staff from the show Doctors reached out to us with an offer of donating clothes from the show. My team have been sorting through the very generous donation.

“Some of it will go to the young people we work with who are experiencing homelessness, especially the items that are suitable for wearing to job interviews.

“There’s a lot of great stuff in there and some of it fits in with the vintage style of the stock we’ve already got, but there’s lots of newer things too.

“A lot of that of it will make its way to the shop – clothing from well-known brands like Hobbs, Reiss, and Phase Eight, some still with tags on. One of my staff has her eye on a gold dress from Coast that was donated from the TV show.

“We’ve deliberately been quite selective over what we stock in the shop as we want it to have a strong identity. We want to keep that youthful, on trend, 90s fashion that’s popular now but feedback was people would like to see more things aimed at women - and the Doctors donation does that.”

The St Basils pop-up shop is located in the Great Western Arcade and is open Monday to Friday from 11am to 5pm.

For more information on the St Basils vintage pop-up shop, visit the charity’s website or social media accounts.