QR codes scheme in Oxfam

Oxfam Shelflife is a brand new idea, designed to help you discover the stories behind the donated, ethical and Unwrapped products you buy in our shops. It also means you can share the former lives of the brillant stuff you give us, too.

Ten stores in the Manchester area have been selected to launch the scheme.

During last week all volunteers are mobilized to write some stories about their preferred items in the shop.

If you want read this stories you can use your phone to;

Firstly, scan QR codes on Oxfam Shelflife items

Secondly, read the stoies to discover the former lives of our shop items, as shared by their previous owners.

Thirdly, look out for more Oxfam Shelflife stickers around the shop.

Have a look at other items on Oxfam's Shelflife website.

 The window :

Some items :

Fashion: The fashion couple by Emeline

We present two wednesday volunteers; Jess and Yilin.

They were wearing leather jackets.

Jess was posing in silky shorts paired with a metallic belt. Her simple shirt is accentuated with a chunky necklace.
Yilin's simple blue jumper with black tie was worn in a relaxed way.
This young couple are classy and fashionable thanks to attractive Oxfam prices.



Prices :

Necklace : £2.99

Shirt : £3.99

Belt : £2.99

Short : £5.99

Prices :

Leather jacket : £44.99

Jumper : £6.99

Tie : £1.99







Fashion: Welcome to our Oxfam family by Louisa

We are happy to present you our vintage family with Emeline, Tessa and David. The idea of today was to show that we have some lovely vintage clothes in our shop with very attractive prices ! 

In the role of the father we have the very dandy David, he is wearing a purple silk shirt (£5.99) with a brown jacket (£7.99) to add the unusual item in the outfit we chose a wonderful tie with elephants on it (£2.99).

Tessa is the oldest sister and she is wearing a brown jacket () and a sweet blue and white dress (£3.99). To have the classy touch we added a pearl necklace with a cute little bow on it (£1.99).

Emeline is here the little sister and she is wearing a blue and gold dress (£3.99), a purple jacket (£10.99) that reminds us of David's jacket) and some perfect shoes (£5.99).

We chose to match the 3 outfits by choosing brown, dark blue and purple coloured items. We also liked to dress them with the same kind of jackets but with different colours.

Would you like a cup of tea David ?

Accesorizes :

White and brown tea cups : £3.99
Pearl necklace : £1.99
Old fashion wallet : £3.99
Shoes : £5.99
Flower bag : £3.99
Watch : £3.99

Fashion: Love is in the air by Tessa

Have you checked out our Valentine’s Day window display here at Oxfam Whitworth Park?! Not only have we styled a his and hers outfit, complete with accessories, there is also a selection of ‘love’ themed gifts, chick flicks, and several CD’s featuring some of your favourite love songs (and yes, we just had to put an Elvis Presley one in there too!)

Your are guaranteed to find some lovely gift ideas and outfits once you step inside the shop too; we are bursting at the seams with fantastic formal wear, casual wear, footwear and accessories- in our menswear and womenswear sections.

What are you waiting for?! Hurry down to Oxfam Whitworth Park today and make a difference!

Tessa

Fashion; Oxfam Street Style by Artemisia

Adam's fantastic flair and smile drew our attention and we had to invite him to enter our street style competition.  He wore a dashing brown velvet jacket with a grey waistcoat and a green hat that brought it all together.

 

When Adam came down to the shop he put together a more casual version of his "English gentleman style" and chose some great accessories to compliment his own clothes.  He chose a pair of stylish leather gloves (which Louise also chose later on!), a warm patterned scarf and a big woollen jumper that all worked fantastically with his own clothes. 

On the same day we saw Philip (pictured centre) with his friends.  He was wearing a check shirt over a woollen cardigan and a graphic t-shirt, with skinny jeans and stylish brown boots.

When Philip came to choose his clothes he picked out a stylish pair of dark skinny Topman jeans and a soft blue Reiss jumper (which he then purchased! Thanks Philip!)

 

Reiss jumper 10.99 sold to Philip

Jeans Topman 7.99 M

Belt £4.99

Fashion : I’m back! by Louisa

Good morning everyone it’s Louisa the French summer intern, I’ve decided to come back to Manchester for a few days (there was not enough rain in France). Of course I couldn’t come to Manchester without coming back to my lovely Oxfam shop, and just stay few minutes to write a fashion post.

Autumn is the perfect season for fashion: you can wear anything that you want whether it’s a summer dress with black tights or a big winter sweater without a jacket.

The outfit for today is a 60`s one, we matched a dogtooth pattern high wasted skirt (a come back for the autumn-winter season, £4.99) with a simple white thin jacket (Jane Norman £7.99). It’s a really simple base for an outfit so we decided to accessorise it so we added the fake fur chále which is both warm and ladylike (£4.99), the gloves (£5.99) and the classic pearl necklace (£3.99). The perfect vintage touch is the leather bag (£ 12.99). Being vintage is trendy but the point of fashion is to adapt old trends for our time so that is why we added the high heel shoes (vera pelle £9.99).

Fashion: Christmas Party Clothes by Lizzy

At the weekend we took some photos of our lovely Christmas party dresses. It was freezing cold outside, but it was a lot of fun. Come down to the shop to get your hands on our shiny, festive dresses!

Dress £4.99 BHS Size 12, Belt £3.99 Oasis, Shoes £3.99 Atmosphere by Primark Size 5

Dress £10.99 Jessica McClintock Size 8, Shoes £3.99 Atmosphere by Primark Size 5

Dress £6.99 New Look Size 10, Shoes £4.99 Size 4

Left: Dress £8.99 River Island Size 10, Shoes £3.99 Atmosphere by Primark Size 5, Bracelet £4.99
Right: Dress £8.99 H&M Size 8, Necklace £2.99, Ring £1.99, Shoes £4.99 River Island Size 7

All photos copyright of Janhavi Kadam
Models Lizzie and Eimear