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Glasto stars donate outfits to Oxfam

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Roll call of top acts donate to the top aid group

Headliners from last week’s Glastonbury Festival are donating their stage clothes to Oxfam in a bid to highlight throwaway fashion.

Stars including Kylie Minogue, Lewis Capaldi and Billie Eilish joined other stars of the festival in giving clothing to Oxfam's online store in the hopes of inspiring fans to buy second-hand clothes.

This year's festival was themed around environment and climate change, with the sale of single-use plastic bottles banned on site.

T-shirts were donated by Sheryl Crow, Capaldi and Eilish, while Johnny Marr gave a shirt and have helped launch Oxfam's Second-Hand September campaign, in which the public are challenged not to buy any new clothes for one month.

Robert Smith from the Cure donated a Disintegration Era shirt, worn in 1989 when the Disintegration album was released.

Other donations included: a t-shirt from Bastille, a signed black tie from Frank Turner, a sequinned top from KT Tunstall, t-shirts from The Proclaimers and a pair of drumsticks from Vampire Weekend.

Fee Gilfeather, Oxfam’s sustainable fashion expert, said: "We are so grateful to the artists and to Glastonbury for supporting Oxfam’s campaign against throwaway fashion.

"It’s in everyone’s power to change things. By signing up to Second-hand September and pledging to say no to new clothing for one month, you can help protect the environment, and if you buy second-hand in Oxfam you’ll be helping the poorest people around the world escape poverty."

Around 47 million items of clothing are saved from going to landfill by Oxfam every year.

The clothes will be available to win or buy online from July to September.