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UK fashion designer reunited with piece that went missing nearly 40 years ago
Jean Pallant says return of long-lost coat, spotted in a pile of Oxfam donations, was like seeing a child again
A British fashion designer said rediscovering one of her long-lost designs, which was found in an Oxfam charity shop after nearly 40 years, had been like seeing a childagain.
Jean Pallant was told the orange coat with large buttons she created at her kitchen table in 1988 had turned up in a donation bag at the Oxfam shop in Mill Hill, London.
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