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The (Unofficial) Op Shop Awards 🏆

The (Unofficial) Op Shop Awards 🏆

From 'Most Pavement Magazines' to 'Best Creative Opening Hours', Constance McDonald shares her secondhand secrets

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Constance Mary Holden McDonald
Jul 16, 2025
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I am charmed by op shopping: sifting through the chaos, its demand for curation, and crucially, a trust in one's taste.

After years spent tipping baskets of camisoles upside down to look at every single one (and being understandably mistaken as a worker in the shop), I have a self-bestowed PhD in Op Shopping.

Consider this, The (Unofficial) Op Shop Awards, my thesis defense.

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