Canceled Soap Opera Donates Outfits to Wardrobe Charity

Hundreds of clothing items, shoes, jewelry, and accessories worn by characters on the long-running soap opera “Guiding Light” will be donated to a New York charity called Bottomless Closet, which outfits low-income women for job interviews, reports Crain’s New York Business. The show’s final episode airs in September.

“Since we film in New York City, it seemed fitting to help women in our community to improve their lives,” said Shawn Reeves, costume designer for the series, which has run for 72 years on radio and television.

The Philadelphia Inquirer reports on that city’s branch of a similar charity, Dress for Success, which in only its second year has become the second-largest of the national organization’s 94 affiliates.