WENDY RICHARD'S WARDROBE TO BE SOLD FOR CHARITY AT SELFRIDGES

THE RENOWNED LONDON DEPARTMENT STORE, SELFRIDGES, WILL RECREATE 'ARE YOU BEING SERVED?', IN A ONE-DAY CHARITY SALE OF THE WARDROBE OF THE LATE WENDY RICHARD MBE, THE ACTRESS WHO PLAYED MISS BRAHMS IN THE MUCH-LOVED BBC SITCOM. THE SALE, 'YOU ARE BEING SERVED AGAIN', WILL BE HELD AT SELFRIDGES, OXFORD STREET, LONDON, ON THE MORNING OF 18.JANUARY, IN AID OF THE LADY TAVERNERS, THE CHARITY WHICH PROVIDES YOUNG PEOPLE WITH SPECIAL NEEDS A CHANCE. WENDY'S SHOW-BUSINESS FRIENDS INCLUDING EX-EASTENDER, NATALIE CASSIDY, JUNE 'DOT COTTON' BROWN, AND NICHOLAS SMITH, WHO PLAYED MR RUMBOLD IN 'ARE YOU BEING SERVED?', WILL HELP TO SELL THE HUNDREDS OF DESIGNER OUTFITS, SHOES, HANDBAGS AND ACCESSORIES WENDY LOVED THROUGHOUT HER LIFE FROM DESIGNERS INCLUDING CHANEL, YSL AND GUCCI. SHE LOVED SHOPPING AND CONSIDERED SELFRIDGES AS 'HER CORNER SHOP'. SALLY SCOTT, SELFRIDGES' DIRECTOR OF MARKETING SAID: 'THERE ARE FEW TELEVISION SERIES THAT HAVE STOOD THE TEST OF TIME AS 'ARE YOU BEING SERVED?'. WHILST SELFRIDGES MAY BE A LITTLE MORE MODERN THAN GRACE BROTHERS, WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO WELCOMING THE CHARACTERS, RE-CREATING THE SET AND RAISING MONIES FOR THE LADY TAVERNERS'. JOHN BURNS, WEDY RICHARD'S WIDOWER, SAID: 'IT WILL BE GREAT TO SEE WENDY'S BELONGINGS AT SELFRIDGES IN SUPPORT OF A CAUSE. I DECIDED THIS WOULD BE A GREAT WAY FOR WENDY TO HELP THE LADY TAVERNERS. WENDY CONSIDERED SELFRIDGES HER CORNER SHOP AND WOULD HAVE BEEN THRILLED WITH THE 'ARE YOU BEING SERVED?' THEME.' WENDY'S DRESS, SUITS AND JACKETS ARE A MIX OF SIZE 12 AND SIZE 14, AND HER SHOES ARE IN 5 AND 6.