Steps star Clare Richards has been making money selling her vintage outfits to fans online, offering everything from custom-made sets to platform heels.
Steps singer Clare Richards has been turning her hand to a new way of making money. The former pop star achieved incredible success with Steps after joining the band in 2007 racking up 14 consecutive UK top 5 singles including two number ones, two No1 albums and selling over 22 million records worldwide.
During her time in the band Clare gained popularity for her style and looks as well as her singing ability. Steps split in 2001 but reformed in 2021 and their most recent album Platinum Collection reached number 1 in the UK in 2022. While she has also embarked on a solo career and competed on The Masked Singer, Clare is now raking it in away from the limelight.
The singer has been selling her old outfits on Vinted – including music video costumes and stage outfits and has been making a healthy sum doing it. Selling under the username princessclarabella her biography on the site says: “I am 47 years old mother of two and I sing for my supper. I love clothes but never seem to throw any of them away when I should. So, it’s time to make space x.”
Clare has 588 reviews for the products she has criticized on the platform and has almost 5,000 followers on the site. She is said to have already sold her old clothing for more than £10 000 according to an estimate from The Sun.
Clare currently has 79 live items, including a custom-made House of CB top and skirt from Charlotte Olympia that she only ever “on set” wore in the music video for Heartbreak in this City and a pair of pink platform heels from Charlotte Olympia.
She is also selling kitchenware, toys and teddies on the site. She raved about joining Vinted in 2023 on Facebook posting: “I’ve got myself on VINTED!! It’s AMAZING! I’m OBSESSED Lots of lovely pieces added today. Women’s and kids.”
Claire has previously claimed that her body image was significantly affected by her work in the music industry. Vicky Pattinson claimed in an interview that she was told she needed to lose weight in order to be chosen for the steps after auditioning to play in the band in 1997.
She remarked, “It set me on a course where I’ve been avoiding eating for four and a half years.” I still don’t feel confident [in any way]. I believe I’m far more competent now than I was. But I don’t think I will ever completely get rid of it because it has been a huge part of my life for a long time…
And I believe my anorexic state was it. You know, I kind of let go of what I was eating, but I eventually did it over. Claire has always acknowledged that she has struggled with weight and has always come clean about how she has changed from being “dangerously thin” to 16 stone.
Source: Mirror
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