06 April 2024 , 19:56
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Carrie Johnson has told how she is “obsessed” with second-hand fashion app, Vinted.
The wife of former PM Boris Johnson said she saves money by buying and selling used items for herself and her children online. Deals on the site are a far cry from fashionista Carrie’s life of luxuries when she lived in Downing Street, such as gold wallpaper costing £120 a roll and dining table chairs worth £15,000.
Mum-of-three Carrie revealed that she splashed out on the app ahead of a family skiing trip to La Rosiere in France. She wrote on Instagram: “I got all the kid’s gear off Vinted, and will sell most of it back on Vinted when they grow out of it, too… I’m obsessed.” Carrie, 36, who is mum to Wilf, three, Romy, two and nine-month old Frank, regularly boasts of her bargain buys and car boot sale finds online.
She even wore a £10 M&S mini dress that she bought on Vinted for her birthday celebrations last month. The former Conservative Party PR has long had a love of nearly-new garments. She paid £45 to rent a white lace Christos Costarellos frock for her 2021 wedding to Boris and later that same year, she was seen wearing a borrowed Gucci and Chanel outfit to the G20 summit in Rome.
But despite her best efforts to be eco-friendly, Carrie enjoys the finer things in life, regularly jetting off to foreign climes. Last year, following the row over the £200,000 revamp of their Downing Street flat, the Johnsons moved to a £3.8million moated mansion in Oxfordshire.
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They have since been granted permission to add a swimming pool and extension. Carrie isn’t the first politician’s partner to cash in on unwanted stuff, though. Cherie Blair – wife of former PM Tony – used eBay to get rid of Lego, cutlery and bathroom scales.