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Posh charity shops are notorious for charging retail prices for vintage cast-offs, but Octavia in Hampstead feels like a rare anomaly to that rule. Because it sits right on the edge of the Heath, the rails are a steady pipeline to the wardrobe clear-outs of wealthy locals. There’s a sense that either someone’s glamorous NW3 grandma had absolutely no idea what she was donating, or an actor’s kid got bored of last season's Free People knits. I once walked out of here with a real Coach bag for 20 quid. Walking past without popping in? Not an option.