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Daisy Jackson

You can get a mystery box of high street clothes for half the retail price

A newly launched company is selling off clothes from cancelled high street orders for half the retail price.

The clothing items included in each Lost Stock box should be been sold by high street retailers, but were left at factories after many high street shops were forced to close.

Many retailers cancelled the orders they'd placed with manufacturers, estimated to be around $2 billion worth of already-made clothing.

Lock Stock says that most have refused to pay the production costs on these items.

As well as the wasted products, it meant that millions of workers in Bangladesh were left unpaid, and at risk of starvation.

Lost Stock is now snapping up all these items and selling them on to shoppers for around half the retail price - cutting out the middleman of the high street and passing the savings on to customers.

Each box costs £35 and will include at least three items of clothing - and the money will support a worker for one week.

Most boxes contain tops, as it's harder to get the right fit with trousers and skirts.

Although you can't choose the items you'll receive, shoppers are asked a series of questions before ordering to help Lost Stock tailor the order to individual tastes.

You'll be asked your age, your size and a gender of clothing - then asked to pick between neutrals, brights or darks, and between plain or patterned fabrics.

The products will all be from the high street's spring-summer collections that were left in limbo when the UK went into lockdown.

Orders are being shipped to the UK and Ireland, though orders are expected to take around six weeks to arrive due to high demand.

As of yesterday, 75,000 boxes have already been sold.

Lost Stock is powered by Mallzee in collaboration with the Sajida Foundation, which works across Bangladesh to ensure the health, happiness and dignity of people there.

It's hoped that the project will support 10,000 workers over the coming weeks, and 50,000 by the end of the year.

You can buy a box and find out more here.

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