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This week the Royal Opera House is having a sale of its costumes in the sumptuous New Connaught Rooms in London's Covent Garden. The four- day sale will be open to the general public on Saturday and Sunday (bargain day) with clothes ranging in price from 50p to pounds 200, and in sizes from 10 to 22. Costumes from ballet and opera will be available as well as from other productions, and experts will be on hand to tell you about the history of the clothes.

Royal Opera House: 0171 240 1200