Article: How to find Chanel in a car boot; Life & Style: They used to be filled with junk. Now, these bring and buy sales have become a good hunting ground for vintage and designer fashions.

Byline: EMINE SANER

IF London's clubs and bars seem a bit quieter than usual on Saturday nights, it's because the most fashionable folk are staying in, ready to get up at the crack of dawn for Sunday's hippest activity - a trip to a car-boot sale.

Gone are the middle-aged bargain hunters haggling over the price of a 10-year-old toaster - the newest car-booters are glamorous girls selling all the items they can't fit into their overstuffed wardrobes. Shoes, clothes and accessories - many with designer labels - are piled high and sold cheap.

Some of the sellers work in the fashion and beauty departments of glossy magazines and supplement their ...

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