Dress like a Dame in Cobham

FORMER Dynasty actress Joan Collins recently opened a new charity shop in Cobham, Surrey, for the Shooting Stars Children’s Hospice — and donated 300 items from her own designer wardrobe.

The collection includes a pair of pale pink Ted Baker heels with bow detail, a Mont Blanc zebra-print handbag, a custom-made animal-print dress by Jackie Palmer, as well as a pair of shoes by U.S. label Donald Pliner, which were signed by Dame Joan.

The star, who is the vice-president of the charity, had previously given her clothing to the charity’s branch in Fulham, West London.

That donation, which she made last February, included a grey Lloyd Klein suit worth £750 and a cream lace blouse by Catwalk Collection, which went on sale for £100.