Big Hollywood star to sell custom-made designer clothes on Vinted – here’s how you can get your hands on a piece
STAR actor Paul Mescal is selling his custom-made designer clothes on a second-hand fashion website.
The Normal People actor has teamed up with Vinted to sell some high-end pieces from his closet that he wore during his recent Gladiator II promotions.
Fans have the option to choose from his knitwear items, vintage T-shirts and a pair of high-end Jimmy Choo boots.
And the money raised from the collection – valued at more than £3,000 – will be donated to an Irish charity called Pieta.
Items include a Hades wool cardigan for £285, a custom hand-painted silk knit jumper by the Scottish knitwear and some denim jeans from ELV.
A blue-and-white vintage T-shirt will also be included in the collection.
And for £800, fans can buy Jimmy Choo black leather boots that Mescal was seen wearing during Gladiator II promotions.
However, it is unclear if the clothes have been washed after the actor wore them.
Felicity Kay, Mescal’s stylist, told MailOnline: “Paul has always had a strong connection to vintage and pre-loved fashion. He’s often eager to rewear pieces we’ve styled before or items from his own wardrobe.
“Partnering with Vinted for Paul’s Gladiator II promotion tour made perfect sense as it allowed us to delve deep into his love for second-hand clothes.
“But we were equally both excited about finding a way to give the clothes he wore during his tour a second life, so selling them on Vinted felt like the perfect fit, especially with the added bonus of supporting a good cause.”
The items will be available to purchase from December 16 for Vinted members in the UK.
Gladiator II came out in cinemas on Friday.
It stars Mescal in the title role of Lucius, the son of Russell Crowe’s Maximus Decimus Meridius from the first film.
King Charles attended a glittering star-studded premiere for blockbuster action flick.
At the Odeon Luxe cinema, His Majesty met stars of the movie including Denzel Washington, Pedro Pascal, and Connie Nielsen, plus Brit director Sir Ridley Scott, 86.
Led actor Mescal looked suave on the red carpet.
He was joined by his Danish co-star Connie Nielsen who looked incredible in a light blue gown with billowing skirt.
GLADIATOR II REVIEW
A HOTLY anticipated sequel film can feel a little like queuing for a rollercoaster.
There’s the nerves that it won’t be as good as the first time you rode it, the feeling that perhaps you shouldn’t even get on in case you want to get off straight away — and the adrenaline the moment it starts.
This is exactly how I felt building up to seeing the long-awaited Gladiator II — released 24 years after the original.
With Sir Ridley Scott
once again directing the Colosseum extravaganza, could it possibly be as good as his first Roman spectacular?
Well, it’s not. But, boy, does it put up a good fight.
In Gladiator world, it’s 16 years since the demise of Maximus (Russell Crowe, who features in flashbacks to the original).
This is the story of Lucius (a beefed up Paul Mescal who having witnessed the death of his slave-turned-Gladiator dad is sent away to Africa, where as an adult he fights for his freedom.
During this unsuccessful attempt, his wife is killed by Marcus (Pedro Pascal) and he is dragged to Rome where he is picked to fight in front of the skin-crawling young emperors and brothers Caracalla and Geta under the teachings of Macrinus (Denzel Washington)
And he makes a damn fine job of keeping them entertained — by fighting giant monkeys, rhinos and even sharks after the Romans managed to fill a colosseum with sea water and Great Whites.
There’s plenty you have to laugh off watching this mad yet somehow majestic film — with some ropey dialogue and a glaring continuity issue straight after Mescal bites a CGI monster monkey that makes you concerned about who Sir Ridley is hiring.
But Denzel Washington is the gem here, playing the best baddie in years.
Like a Roman version of Othello’s Iago, he mostly seems to want to disrupt things just for s**ts and giggles.
Mescal’s acting energy is mostly saved for his fight sequences, where he steps out of being that sultry guy from Normal People
and into leading man shoes.
And there’s a smattering of Brit stars to watch out for, including Matt Lucas and Sir Derek Jacobi.
Yes, its camp and sometimes ridiculous. But this adrenaline-pumping film will have your heart racing.
I’d certainly queue up again for another ride.
Meanwhile, a selection of of clothes from a Madonna tour are Hung Up — at a charity shop.
The star and her dancers wore them last year at rehearsals in Manchester, then donated them to a Children’s Air Ambulance shop.
Fan Alex Fisher said: “I had to get a boa and the skirt.
“The skirt feels so expensive because of all of the details with the safety pins, I’ve never seen anything like it in a charity shop.
“I just stumbled upon the rack and thought it was so cool.
“I am a big music fan and it felt bizarre to see clothes from Madonna’s tour in a Salford charity shop.
“A member of staff told me that they had some more and even weirder items from the tour in the back which they had yet to put out, and there are videos of Madonna herself wearing some of the pieces.”
Madonna confirmed she’s gone back into the studio with top producer Stuart Price.
He is best known for his work on her 2005 smash hit album Confessions On A Dance Floor, which featured the No1 hit Hung Up.
They reconnected last year when he worked as the musical director on her critically acclaimed Celebration Tour.